Energy

It’s an American summer tradition, firing up the grill to cook a juicy burger or steak. However, according to new research from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), cooking emissions from some of America’s favorite foods are rivaling fossil fuels as an ozone pollutant in the Los Angeles area. What did researchers find? Researchers in Southern California measured pollutants known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These toxins are created from cooking on a grill or stove, and scientists found they create roughly the same amount of these air contaminants as vehicle emissions. VOCs are one of two ingredients needed…