date:Sep 26, 2012
5,400 premature deaths per year, according to the California Air Resources Board.
In 1997, the air district adopted emission control requirements on chain-driven charbroilers like those used at Burger King, Carl's Jr. and other fast-food restaurants. Those chain-driven conveyors, with flames on the top and bottom, now have catalytic converters that capture 90 percent of the smoke.
But there was nothing cost effective or technically feasible at the time for the charbroilers with flames on th