Public health takes aim at bagel ovens
I don’t eat much bread but I’m feeling like I should go eat some bagels now and pay close attention to their taste and texture because wood-burning ovens are in the sights of the public health authority, which would like to see the bagel bakeries shut down.
Afterthought: What happened to that news story about how one of the air quality stations turned out to be close to a woodstove pizza place, which distorted the average readings for the whole island of Montreal?
Shoe drop: That Metro piece says resto and bakery smoke is responsible for a mere 3% of the particulates in the city’s air. That’s nothing! Surely we can make other sacrifices to keep bagels, wood-fired pizza and other delicacies on the menu?
Douglas 23:26 on 2019-07-09 Permalink
Leave these businesses alone. They are a part of Montreal’s identity and some pseudo scientists want to go after completely irrelevant pollution.
Douglas 23:27 on 2019-07-09 Permalink
Take the air quality next to a city bus exhaust while they are at it and ban all trucks and buses too.
Uatu 17:13 on 2019-07-10 Permalink
Save air quality by banning wood ovens for bagels in Montreal, but then increase car exhaust when people drive across the bridge to Brossard to buy wood oven baked bagels. Good one. :p