Burger Pollution
A charbroiled burger creates a huge amount of pollution. It has the same amount of air pollution as a 18-wheel diesel truck that has driven 143 miles. The issue starts with commercial grills, they flame-broil the meat at 800 to 900 degrees then fatty acids fall into fire, then evaporates, and then condenses into smoke that turns into "particulate matter." "Particulate matter" can cause lung disease. Researchers from University of California are testing an air friendly grill that would trap the burger grease(which causes pollution) in water. Researchers have grilled over 4,000 burgers, most have been consumed by students.
My opinion on this burger pollution is that they should stop selling/making burgers off of commercial grills. Every burger that is made on commercial grills are releasing air pollution that is killing the Earth, the animals around us and their habitats, and it can destroy our atmosphere. I believe the scientists are doing the right thing by trying to make/test a new grill that would make it so the burgers do not give off pollution or at least less pollution.
I agree with you. I think that if making burgers on commercial grills are destroying the earth then we should make it a law to not make burgers from these commercial grills. It is very unsafe to be making burgers on these grills because the lung disease will kill many people. I think we should make it so the smoke from these burgers can't be released into the air by trapping it and bringing it somewhere or like you said stop making burgers from these grills. Also, I was wondering what other types of grills are made? How come only "commercial grills" gives off this smoke that can cause lung cancer? Also you said that when cooking the burgers on the grill that the issue is caused by the fatty acids falling into the fire of the grill and evaporating; well I was wondering if some how they could design a new grill that wouldn't allow the fatty acids to fall into the fire. This issue is very interesting and I agree with you that we should get rid of commercial grills if we can't find any other way to solve this problem of pollution. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI never thought that a burger could cause that much pollution. I am curious: Some fast-food places have been using "finely texturized lean beef" dubbed "pink slime" in their burger patties. Considering that a burger made at most other restauraunts contains nothing but quality ground beef, what is the environmental impact of a fast-food patty?
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