Problem
Vegetable oils and fats environmental hazard
Incidence:
Lung cancer has been linked to inhaling oil fumes during high temperature cooking in Taiwan.
Rancid sheep fat and rancid butter were both discovered to increase risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in three north African countries. A preserved meat dish called quaddid (dried meat stored in oil) was also found to increase risk.
Broader Problems:
Environmental hazards from food processing industries Narrower Problems:
Hazards of oil-palm industryToxic oil syndrome Values:
Hazard Subject(s):
Environment → Environment Industry → Vegetable/cereal products
Societal Problems → Hazards
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
18.04.2019 – 11:48 CEST