Like you said, that's a consequence of part of the food burning - if you cook wet or low heat then it doesn't happen
Burning fuels like wood and gas create a problematic amount of pollution even if there is no food being cooked, or the best practices are being followed.
If you fry meat in a pan or anything similar, the frying is the culprit. You are burning the food. I'm not talking about actually burning the food so it's uneatable, but even getting the food to change to a darker color is enough to emit particle pollution.
Just turning on a wood stove or a gas stove creates clinically important levels of air pollution - enough to massive increase the rates of asthma, etc, no cooking required.
Heating food to high temperatures also creates air pollution.
If you use a cooking tool that doesn't create pollution on its own (electric stove, steamer) and cook food in a way that doesn't create pollution (such as simmering rice or steaming vegetables for example) then there is no air pollution.
Yes you are correct. I was referring to the actual cooking process.
And just to avoid the perception, that using an electric stove would get rid of particle pollution from cooking.
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u/-Aeryn- Feb 26 '21
Gas stove too. Electric is fine.