We obviously need federal regulation of toasters and must require HEPA particulate filters on them. I hope the Dem Presidential Candidate clown circus gets on this right away. This is far more important the epidemic of lynching that is going on across the land.
I for one am glad they put the warning on the top of the toaster saying: Caution - hot surface. Because, you know, you just might want to touch it for whatever reason. Then too, the warning on frozen food after you nuke it that the product will be hot. Phew. Saved again. I guess labels do work.
That reminds me. I need to pop some bread in the toaster while I wait for my bacon to get crisp.
• PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
• MS, Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
• BS, Sanitation and Environmental Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.
"HOMEChem" is the name of the research project. HOMEChem: House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry
The work doesn't seem unreasonable -- identify causes of indoor air pollution.
The HOMEChem experiment is centered around three science questions:1) What are the sources of chemical oxidants in the indoor environment, and how are they impacted by changes in light conditions and human activities? Examples of chemical oxidants are hydroxyl radicals (OH), nitrate radicals (NO3-), and ozone (O3), which are highly reactive.
2) What are the main sources of organic compounds in the indoor environment? How do human activities lead to changes in the physical and chemical transformation of organic compounds from gaseous state into particulate phase (also known as “secondary organic aerosol”) as well as in other chemical compounds present in minute amounts (also known as trace gas species)?
3)What are the sources of indoor reactive nitrogen species, and to what extent is their presence indoors influenced by outdoor pollution? Experiments
This study took place in June 2018.
A stir fry experiment. Photo: Callie Richmond.We have chosen a set of experiments that focus on the two most common everyday activities to the air chemistry of indoor environments: cooking and cleaning. These activities are (1) realistic representations of activities performed in indoor environments and (2) likely to drive interesting chemical reactions that can be better understood through this study. The third experimental component of this study relates to occupation: The presence of people in an environment can lead to interesting physical and chemical processes on the surface of clothing and human skin. Additionally, the use of common personal care products and their effect on the chemistry of indoor environments will also be investigated.
We will perform two main categories of experiments:
1) “Sequential experiments,” which consist of performing individual and independent activities to better understand their emissions and effects on the indoor environment. In this scenario, the house will be opened and we will let air circulate to bring down concentrations in between each experiment.
2) “Layered experiments,” which consist of performing cooking and cleaning activities throughout the day (as we would in a normal home situation) to investigate the cumulative effect of their emissions on the air chemistry and to investigate the interactions of emissions (e.g., cooking emissions interacting with cleaning emissions).
I’ve been using the same Black & Decker two-slot toaster that we got for a wedding present 27 years ago. I estimate we’ve prepared 20,000 pieces of toast, muffins, and frozen waffles in that time. “Blackie” doesn’t burn things and it is like a member of the family!
Toast can be deadly.
I think it’s about tiiiime we find out just where these “researchers” are, and we go on down’ere and have us a little talk with these ones always tryin’a “save” our lives ;/
We need to face up to the fact that simply eating is dangerous and we all need to stop eating now to save the planet. I think that’s what David Attenborough says anyhow.
PLEASE don’t tell the pols...but we had country ham, egg and cheese sammiches ON TOAST last night for supper. The only negative thought that entered my mind during that meal? Muslims will never know this pleasure...
Pizza is glorified toast. If I burn a pizza in the oven am I polluting myself?
Who asked for this ridiculous study and who the hell paid for it?
Solution to worldwide energy needs: Strap a piece of buttered toast on a cat’s back and drop said feline-bread lashup from the roof of a 10-story building. At eight inches above the ground, the cat-toast combo will spin like a Perpetual Motion Machine.
(Accepting noms for the Nobel Prize in Physics.)
“It was found they sent toxic particles into the air the moment they are switched on...”
Idiot. That’s called “aroma”.
My mom burned the toast all the time. If I complained she’d say carbon was good for me.
“...found burnt toast was especially harmful...”
Who the heck eats burnt toast?
I love my toast so black that I could probably never host the Emmy’s.
My aunt is 93 and the only way she’s ever eaten toast is maximum burned. (Eeewwww.)
I’ve been having fried bacon for breakfast for about 80 years. So far, rather than killing, it comforts me. Few things are more horrible than opening the refrigerator in the morning and finding that you’ve run out of bacon.
I’m doomed.
If the bambulance chasers can convince “juries” that talcum powder can give you cancer, I guess burnt toast will be a new ad we’ll have to suffer through from those idiots and their retarded “courts” and “juries”.
