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Table 9 The Carcinogenic Contents (μg/m3) of Fumes from various oils (Chiang et al. 1999)

From: Monitoring of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review

Carcinogens

Cooking oil

Safflower

Vegetable

Corn

BaP

22.7 ± 1.5

21.6 ± 1.3

18.7 ± 0.9

DBahA

2.8 ± 0.2

3.2 ± 0.1

2.4 ± 0.2

BbFA

1.8 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.2

2.0 ± 0.1

BaA

2.5 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.4

1.9 ± 0.1

  1. B(a)P Benzo(a)pyrene, B(a)A Benzo(a)fluoranthene, B(b)FA Benzo(b)fluoranthene, B(ghi)P Dibenzo(ghi)perylene