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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.

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Value

Hazard
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Environment » Environment
  • Societal problems » Hazards
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E8136
    DOCID
    11581360
    D7NID
    187547
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020