[SideburnsOfDoom]

> When you have a fire in your fireplace, you are releasing polluting carcinogens. When you do that, are you also doing something wrong?

Yes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51581817

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/property/1430579/wood-b...

For the reasons that you set out. It's fairly straightforward.

[refurb]

So you’re for banning almost all foods that brown through baking this form acrylomide, a known carcinogen?

[SideburnsOfDoom]

I'm for banning uncontrolled infliction of that and other carcinogens on one's neighbours, yes.

[refurb]

Say bye bye to BBQ grills and any sort of frying then!

[SideburnsOfDoom]

Bye bye.

[dekhn]

nobody has demonstrated that bread acrylamide poses a true risk to public health.

[refurb]

That’s my point. OP has already said “no carcinogens” flat out

[SideburnsOfDoom]

"no carcinogens flat out" is an obvious straw man mis-characterisation, but neither can we dismiss small effects over many people and over time. This comment gets it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29193928