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Any time you combust hydrocarbons you create some incidental aromatics like cancer causing benzene. I don't find the comparison to cigarettes too useful though.
Right. No one has been lying about this.
Everyone should know that being around burning things is bad. It's not like the actual food you're cooking is not also putting these things in the air, even on an electric stove..
This is why it's so important to have (and use) a hood that vents to the outside. These used to be standard features in homes, but it's increasingly common just to have a recirculating hood with a grease filter. If you're in one o those kitchens, open a window.
From another news story posted here yesterday or the day before: vent hoods are not strong enough to get all the contaminants.
We don't expect them to vent all contaminants but to reduce the density so they don't cause significant harm.
If they don't do that, its a regulatory failure.