carcinogens

rogerdm

Any thoughts out there on these and black charcoal......

SkinnyV

the air we breathe....
the food we eat...


so in the end everything has risks but i dont think that is one to worry about.

Hankyorke

Water we drink...

minniemoh

The bigger health hazard to a lot of us "eggers" is likely the amount of beer and booze we drink while egging. 

jhl192

I am choosing to ignore any negative press. I suspect it is not as good as broiled in an electric oven but hey it's probably still better than a happy meal!

Farbuck

I once heard a doctor on the radio talking about bbq and carcinogens.  He said something like "if you do everything to live a healthy life, eat all the proper foods, keep alcohol to a minimum and only eat in moderation, on average you'll live 6 months longer.  And you know what, on average, those 6 months will be in a nursing home."

Don't know if he was correct but it's something to consider.

I have a t-shirt for the Art of Barbeque in St. Augustine.  It says "Eat what you want. Die like a man."

Words to live by

BREWnQ

Its only hazardous in California.

Skiddymarker

Cooking on a stable lump fire is good to go, even with a touch of smoke wood, if I understand what I've read. 

The real issue is with high temps and directly burning food high in protein - meats. It is the drippings catching on fire and coating the food that is harmful. Low and slows and reverse sears minimize this, but I'd think twice if you are planning on going caveman three times a day. 

Moderation. 

SmokeyPitt

I got 99 problems, carcinoginz ain't one. 

NPHuskerFL

Waking up in the morning causes death.

xiphoid007

Actually, @NPHuskerFL‌, I would have to disagree and say failure to wake up in the morning would cause death.

And unless one is actually breathing the nice dirty white wood smoke you get when u first add your wood chunks for 20 minutes, and doing so for a couple hours a day, the "carcinogens' aren't going to do anything.

For something to be toxic, you have to reach toxic levels of it in the body.

Warfarin, the blood thinner that tons of folks are on for treatment of various medical conditions is called warfarin because it was initially used on warfs as rat poison. So is it good or bad for you?

By this logic, small doses of any of these "carcinogens" must be good for you. Therefore I need to egg more often!!!

NPHuskerFL

@xiphoid007‌ You know what I was saying man. ;-)
The minute we're born we begin to die. We all have a shelf life. I'm saying enjoy life. Don't be afraid of every little thing. I put on sun screen etc because I don't want to increase my risk factor. I quit smoking yrs ago for the same reason. I'm a Cancer Survivor and I say egg on.

DaveRichardson

My grandparents ate bacon, sausage, fried everything, smoked like coal-fired power plants.... And lived longer than anyone in their area....

I like the "Eat what you want" statement. I've gotta get one of those shirts!

And if you ask California, EVERYTHING causes cancer from coffee cups to tennis shoes.... Overkill if you ask me. That's why good lump is hard to come by out there on the left coast.

henapple

http://www.theonion.com/articles/world-death-rate-holding-steady-at-100-percent,1670/

NibbleMeThis

In his book On Food and Science, Harold Weems writes about the carcinogenic compounds from grilling such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are mostly caused by burning meat when grilling.  Things like marinating the meat and proper grilling techniques greatly reduced that risk.  Or something like that, from what I remember.

And we Eggheads never burn anything.....right?