Scientists cooked pancakes, Brussels sprouts, and stir fry to detect an oxidant indoors

[Science - Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily]

A feast cooked up has revealed singlet oxygen, an oxidant, indoors. Oxidants can be beneficial -- ozone in the stratosphere is one example -- but can also cause stress to our lungs, contributing to the development of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease in the long term.

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