Studies have shown that the oil mist condensate produced when cooking oil is heated to about 271℃ can cause chromosome damage in human cells, and the increased incidence of lung cancer in women may be one of the important factors. In addition, the cooking staff engaged in cooking in the environment with high concentration of cooking fume in the catering kitchen are not only prone to lung cancer, but also have obvious harm to their intestines, brain and nerves. Kitchen lampblack contains a carcinogen called benzopyrene, which can cause chromosome damage in human cells, and long-term inhalation can induce lung cancer.
Harm of oil fume to human body:
For women, oil fume contains carcinogen benzopyrene. Inhalation of oil fume for a long time will lead to pathological changes in human tissues, and the proportion of women aged 41-61 who have been exposed to oil fume for a long time will increase several times. Rough skin has wrinkles, hair loss, spots and obesity. Oil fume particles block skin pores, resulting in rough and dry skin, wrinkles and spots for women, which makes people more likely to gain weight. Oil fume can damage the immune system in the body. After five years of cooking experience, there will be different degrees of hair loss.
For children: It is very harmful to children. Children who inhale oil fume will cause eye, nose and respiratory diseases, which will affect their normal growth and development. Children are in the stage of growing up. Oil fume pollution makes children prone to conjunctivitis, rhinitis, pharyngolaryngitis, tracheitis, pneumonia and other diseases, which seriously harms their healthy growth.
For the elderly, it is more likely to cause geriatric diseases, and the fatty oxides in the oil fume will cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, especially for the elderly who are choked by oil fume for years.
For families: oil fume invades the respiratory tract, which can cause symptoms such as loss of appetite, upset, listlessness, fatigue and weakness; Medically, it is called "lampblack syndrome". The symptoms of the disease are anorexia, although hungry, tasteless food, bored heart, poor spirit, lethargy and general weakness. Usually, I eat very little, but I gradually gain weight and become a fat person with a big belly! Acrolein, the main component of oil fume, strongly stimulates the mucous membrane of eyes, nose and throat, which can cause chronic keratitis, rhinitis, pharyngolaryngitis, tracheitis, pneumonia and other diseases. In addition, there are 74 chemicals in oil fume, which can change cells and lead to male infertility and become a "family killer".