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From the food, or the fuel?

by mavhc 4y ago

epistasis 4y ago
A lot of it is from the natural gas combustion, but the food itself also contributes. The day I got an air quality sensor (to assess risk from wildfire smoke), I realized that my kitchen is basically an asthma factory for the kids. (I haven't actually assessed the risk from that, as its different from wildfires smoke, but j just keep the kids out of the kitchen now until the air clears)
- jwineinger 4y ago
  I have some air filters with air quality sensors on them, and we have an electric range so there's no natural gas combustion happening. Often when cooking (pan frying especially), those sensors will max out and send the air filters into turbo mode for a good while.
  - epistasis 4y ago
    Yes, hot oils trigger the formaldehyde sensor every time for me. For doing wok frying, I got an outdoor propane burner so that it's far more dilute, and that delicious cancer-causing wok hei is delivered only to our stomachs rather than lungs and stomachs. The outdoor wok burner is also far superior to any indoor residential gas stove too for this purpose.
    - krallja 4y ago
      The actors at Conner Prairie, an 1836 "living museum" in central Indiana, explain that some of the nicer houses have a separate out-building just for cooking, to keep the heat away from the main living space, and reduce the risk of burning down the whole house too. Maybe we'll move back to that design, to keep the pollution in the main space down.
clairity 4y ago
combustion (burning) byproducts are the primary harmful particulate matter created by cooking, whether that be from gas or food. like most issues, incidental contact isn't enough to worry about, but if you're a cook (commercial or home), then you're likely getting meaningful exposure. it's not an issue for kids unless they're doing the cooking every day. the range hood should either be vented to the outside or sufficiently filtered (or both), but most filters are inadequate, so venting to the outside is the more foolproof strategy. but this is likely a very small factor for nearly all people. cars (oil) and electricity generation (coal and gas) create most of the harmful particulate matter in the air (and water and ground), so that's where we should focus our anti-pollution efforts first and foremost.

From the food, or the fuel?

by mavhc 4y ago

From the food, or the fuel?

A lot of it is from the natural gas combustion, but the food itself also contributes. The day I got an air quality sensor (to assess risk from wildfire smoke), I realized that my kitchen is basically an asthma factory for the kids. (I haven't actually assessed the risk from that, as its different from wildfires smoke, but j just keep the kids out of the kitchen now until the air clears)

jwineinger 4y ago
I have some air filters with air quality sensors on them, and we have an electric range so there's no natural gas combustion happening. Often when cooking (pan frying especially), those sensors will max out and send the air filters into turbo mode for a good while.
- epistasis 4y ago
  Yes, hot oils trigger the formaldehyde sensor every time for me. For doing wok frying, I got an outdoor propane burner so that it's far more dilute, and that delicious cancer-causing wok hei is delivered only to our stomachs rather than lungs and stomachs. The outdoor wok burner is also far superior to any indoor residential gas stove too for this purpose.
  - krallja 4y ago
    The actors at Conner Prairie, an 1836 "living museum" in central Indiana, explain that some of the nicer houses have a separate out-building just for cooking, to keep the heat away from the main living space, and reduce the risk of burning down the whole house too. Maybe we'll move back to that design, to keep the pollution in the main space down.

clairity 4y ago

combustion (burning) byproducts are the primary harmful particulate matter created by cooking, whether that be from gas or food. like most issues, incidental contact isn't enough to worry about, but if you're a cook (commercial or home), then you're likely getting meaningful exposure. it's not an issue for kids unless they're doing the cooking every day. the range hood should either be vented to the outside or sufficiently filtered (or both), but most filters are inadequate, so venting to the outside is the more foolproof strategy. but this is likely a very small factor for nearly all people. cars (oil) and electricity generation (coal and gas) create most of the harmful particulate matter in the air (and water and ground), so that's where we should focus our anti-pollution efforts first and foremost.