Grilling Cancer Concerns

Breathing the smoke while grilling increases cancer concerns.

Not only does consuming/eating browned, blackened, and burnt foods but so does breathing the smoke while cooking and grilling foods. The same goes for all smoke - no matter what is being burned. Breathing smoke damages your body and increases your risk of cancer.

Reference sources include

Fakinle BS, Odekanle EL, Ike-Ojukwu C, Sonibare OO, Falowo OA, Olubiyo FW, Oke DO, Aremu CO. Quantification and health impact assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) emissions from crop residue combustion. Heliyon. 2022 Mar 14;8(3):e09113. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8941160/