Cooking Sunday roast causes indoor pollution ‘worse than Delhi’

[firemonkey]

Cooking a Sunday roast can drive indoor air pollution far above the levels found in the most polluted cities on Earth, scientists have said.

Researchers found that roasting meat and vegetables, and using a gas hob, released a surge of fine particles that could make household air dirtier than that in Delhi.

Fine soot and tiny organic particles from gas flames, vegetables, oils and fat combined to send harmful PM2.5 particulates in the house to levels 13 times higher than those measured in the air in central London. Peak indoor pollution lasted for about an hour.

“We were all surprised at the overall levels of particulate matter in the house,” said Marina Vance, who led the research at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She advised people to open windows and use extractor hoods if possible to ventilate the home while cooking.


https://www.theguardian.com/environm...rse-than-delhi

[Schmosby]

What are people's thoughts on induction hobs?

[Jam]

I had no idea the streets of Delhi were filled with people cooking Sunday roasts.

[Mr. Nobody]

I usually just open up the roasting pit in the back garden and get my boar spinning of a Sunday afternoon,.. makes the towels hanging on the line a bit greasy right enough

[Vienna]

Originally Posted by Schmosby

What are people's thoughts on induction hobs?

We have them . You have to buy special pans/ pots though I think.

[Vienna]

I'll be honest, I don't give a damn about indoor pollution, anything for a proper roast dinner

[Mr. Nobody]

Originally Posted by The Guardian

PM2.5s are particles that are smaller than 2.5 micrometres across. They are small enough to be inhaled deep into the lungs where they exacerbate respiratory disorders and cardiovascular disease. Smaller particles can spread from the lungs into the bloodstream where they build up in the liver, heart and even the brain, where they may contribute to depression and other mental health issues.

next,. a thread on whether avoiding the Sunday roast will cure SA?

[Merritt]

There might be something to this. I haven't had a Sunday roast in about 15 years and I'm a picture of health *pushes loose translucent skin back up face*

[Consolida]

In some places you can now order a takeaway Sunday roast just as you might order an Indian, a Chinese or a Pizza. This I presume would allow you to enjoy a roast without destroying your lungs at the same time?
I've never been tempted to try it though because I envision the meat tasting like a lukewarm piece of rubber and the vegetables boiled within an inch of their life. Also I'd probably never hear the last of it from the oldies in my family who pride themselves on having slaved away in the kitchen every Sunday, year after year, to produce the perfect roast.