OT? Barbecues' fatty fumes add to Houston's haze

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Found this to be ironic. I was just about to post what I grilled this

weekend and just happen to come across this article.

 

S.

 

Barbecues' fatty fumes add to Houston's haze

Dina Cappiello

Houston Chronicle

Mar. 17, 2003 08:05 AM

 

HOUSTON, Texas - When folks say Texans live and breathe barbecue, they

really mean it.

 

In a study about to be published, scientists at Rice University have

measured the tiny bits of polyunsaturated fatty acids created by cooking

meat. These fine particles - mixed with the diesel exhaust, car fumes and

road dust that make up soot in Houston's air - can lodge in people's lungs

and contribute to the city's haze.

 

The rest here.....

 

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0317bbqs-haze-ON.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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