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> Someone once said to me that cooking can increase particle pollution in the air to dangerous levels. Is this true? I suspect not. Were they talking about gas
by pxeger1 1y ago
> Someone once said to me that cooking can increase particle pollution in the air to dangerous levels. Is this true? I suspect not.
Were they talking about gas hobs? Surely that's much worse than the electric/induction one you appear to be using.
- infecto 1y agoGas combustion absolutely contributes to poorer air quality but I would argue that actually cooking (not what’s happening in this test) is much worse. Heating oil and cooking proteins will quickly fill a house. If you can smell it, the air quality has been reduced.
- crazygringo 1y agoNo, gas combustion doesn't generate any significant amount of particles. It produces CO2, NO2 and some CO. But it's not going to show anything on a PM2.5 meter. The particles when frying come from the oil turning into smoke, as well as just aerosolization even well below the smoke point. These are what send PM2.5 levels skyrocketing. When I sear a steak in cast iron, my PM2.5 levels go from their baseline of ~2 ug/m^3 to ~200–400. And course you can smell it in the air.