Fumes from grilling pork a health risk for cooks and buyers, Thai PCD says

[Local Drunk]

It ain't the pork that's the problem. However, on further pondering I could extrapolate this to mean the police are like a cancer on society.

[dietergerhard]

problem solved

[davo01]

Grilling meat? What about the air pollution genrally, This is what our air purifier filter looks like after just 3 weeks

[crazydrummerpauly]

Well i never. Bloody obvious, has been for decades ...

[nisakiman]

Since the discovery of fire back in the mists of time, man has been crouching over open fires for cooking and warmth. Over the thousands of generations exposed to volumes of acrid smoke we have evolved to be able to deal with it. Our lungs are remarkably efficient. The vendor, exposed to the smoke all day, every day may just possibly suffer some ill effects after a few decades, but for his customers the risk is so minimal that it just isn't worth consideration.

Another scare story doubtless released as part of a drive for more funding for that department. We see it all the time these days. Tobacco, alcohol, salt, sugar, trans-fats, the list goes on. It makes you wonder how we ever survived as a species the way the fearmongers carry on.

But for the real story behind all these calls for restrictions on our daily lives, as always, follow the money. You only have to look at the Tobacco Control Industry to see how it works. Countless billions are spent on tobacco control. Where does all that money go? It goes into the pockets of the people who make a living talking up the dangers of smoking. It pays their mortgages and their five-figure salaries. They have a vested interest in exaggerating the risks because otherwise they would be out of a job. That's why when interest seems to be flagging, they come up with another imaginary 'danger'. Now they're even trying to convince us that there is such a thing as 'third-hand smoke'! (Scraping the bottom of the barrel now.)

Take for instance Deborah Arnott who heads the fake charity 'ASH UK'. She's on more than £80,000 pa plus generous perks. All she does is flit around the world to various anti-smoking junkets (all expenses paid, natch) and lobby government for more bans and restrictions. But you'll never hear her call for an outright ban on tobacco, because that would mean her organisation would become redundant.

The same applies to alcohol and all the other things that we've been consuming for generations without a problem, but all of a sudden we are told that they will kill us. University departments are created to 'research' the 'problem', which of course need government funding. And the trick to turn on the government money tap is to get a good scary headline in the media.

"Something must be done!" they cry.

And of course, government, who want to be seen to be 'doing something' about this non-existent problem start hosing taxpayer's money at it, much to the delight of the 'researchers' and their hangers-on.

[Fookhaht]

there is a pollution control department? they worry about pork fumes?

Yeah, I was a bit incredulous too (as I look out the window, and see the nearby restaurant burning it's daily pile of trash including plastic bags, boxes, and god-knows-what-else...)

[Prbkk]

A story of much greater consequence to everyone is in today's Bangkok Post and relates to the extremely high levels of preservatives being used in all manner of fresh produce, including fish, vegetables , to make it look good.

Edited February 24, 2014 by Prbkk