IN modern world There is a point of view that man, through his activities, harms the environment by extracting minerals, polluting and destroying the world. People have appeared who openly fight human activity, denying the benefits of civilization in favor of living in “harmony with nature.” At the same time, these people enjoy these benefits no less than others, but they consider it possible to consider themselves good. The other side is the people who mine, build, and produce. They give humanity the opportunity to live in the industrial world, but from this point of view they are considered rapists against nature... But in Lately I am increasingly learning another point of view regarding what is happening in the world.
The statement that a person harms nature, firstly, is very selfish and does not pursue the goal of improving the state of nature, but solely the interests of the person who says it. Secondly, this statement is based on the opinion that man is not a part of nature. Let's take a closer look at this concept.
Man over nature
Man in his development has reached a stage where he began to globally influence the world around him. It uproots forests and extracts minerals in gigantic quantities, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, which were formed over millions of years. It pollutes soil, water, air and even space.
Therefore, man begins to oppose nature, to separate from it. As a result of industrialization, people began to believe that they should use nature for their own purposes: “We cannot wait for favors from nature; it is our task to take them from her,” (I.V. Michurin). This phrase has become a symbol of consumerism towards nature.
Such people began to be opposed by others who shouted that animals should not be killed or polluted environment it is impossible, fossil remains cannot be mined because they are finite. In 100 years, oil, gas, and coal will run out and people will face an energy crisis. Such people blame others for making life on the planet worse, but what they themselves have done to improve the situation.
A person I know who studies water says, “I hate people. They are polluting the Earth." But what did he do? He simply incited aggression in people, which will be directed at him. He, like everyone else, enjoys the benefits of civilization. He hasn’t improved the lives of others in any way, hasn’t figured out how to improve living conditions on earth... But he hates.
At the same time, in reality, everyone only pursues their own goals. Some mine minerals. Others spend public money on imitation environmental improvement activities. This state of affairs benefits everyone... except humanity.
Man is part of nature
However, there is another point of view. Man is a part of nature. If you think about it, the consequences of accepting this simple postulate are enormous.
Throughout the history of the development of the Earth, periods have arisen many times during which thousands of species of living beings were destroyed. There were also creatures that also significantly influenced the world around them. And they also died out. Life on earth has constantly evolved, and now the crown of creation of evolution on Earth is man.
However, evolution continues. The activity of any creature, including humans, is exactly what was given by nature. It is nature (or one might say planet Earth) that strives to constantly develop. It now seeks to go beyond the boundaries of one planet and spread further into space. And it is man who now drives the development of nature through his activities.
Let's think about what minerals are... For the last millions of years, life has been in full swing on the surface of the Earth. And dying, living organisms (animals, plants, microorganisms) turned into soil. This process went on continuously, and gradually this layer grew larger and larger. Substances were removed from the cycle of life and deposited in the Earth. Gradually, all this turned into those fossil substances that people now extract.
Through his activities, man again extracts what was buried millions of years ago and introduces it into the cycle of substances. What is the use to nature of meaningless substances? There is nothing useless in nature, and through human activity the Earth shakes up all its resources, striving to develop further.
The statement that man, through his activities, harms the Earth is not true. He only harms himself. As a result of this activity, in the near future he will use up the materials he came up with. If he cannot come up with something new and goes extinct, then this is solely the problem of a species that was unable to adapt and develop. The earth will continue to be as it was before. She will strive to ensure that other species can go further where man has failed.
By polluting the environment, people only worsen their living conditions. Chernobyl now is one of the cleanest places in Ukraine, except for radiation. There is the cleanest air, many animals, many plants. In just 25 years, the Earth has already begun to forget about the presence of people there. The same thing will happen if a person cannot cope with his brain and figures out how to destroy himself. This means that the species is defective, and we need to develop differently.
So you don’t need to think about how to take care of nature, it will take care of itself. It will pass nuclear war. In a million years, life will flourish again on Earth, but without people. And some other species will begin to dominate and develop, and maybe go further than humans. 60 million years ago, 99% of land living species, including dinosaurs, became extinct, and mammals began to dominate. They lived before, but dinosaurs did not give them the opportunity to develop. Now they have this opportunity. Everything in the world happens expediently, and if a person does not live up to the expectations of evolution, then he will be forced to leave in favor of others.
Future
It turns out that we need to care not about the world in which we live, but about humanity. If a person destroys himself, the planet will “shake itself off” and move on. But if a person starts to think about how to improve his living conditions by purifying the air, water, food from harmful substances; develop intellectually and promote those branches of science that are really capable of improving the environment around him; study new sources of energy and use those that are least harmful to the person himself, then he has a chance to conquer the universe.
The difference here is that in the first understanding of the world there are two types of activities: one of them worsens human living conditions (pollutes the environment, affects water, food, etc.), and the other tries to improve (purifies). It's like bending an iron rod in different directions. Sooner or later you can break it. This is similar to how a person drinks a lot of coffee, and then immediately takes Valocardine so that the heart can survive this portion of coffee. But with both actions a person only worsens his condition.
People who fight human activity (the industry) fight themselves. They come out with banners and call for something, but in reality they only contribute to it.
In the second understanding of the world, there is the idea that it is necessary not to fight activity, but to put human activity for the benefit of humanity. Those. we should not fight against factories that emit waste into the air, but come up with ways to replace these factories with something new, more progressive, which will not have such a detrimental effect on a person, and better yet, will also improve his well-being. Instead of talking about saving endangered species (i.e., activities directed against evolution), we need to save the main dominant species on the planet - humans. Only when human activity is aimed at the benefit of humanity itself, only then will man have a chance to continue his evolutionary development.
psychology of health and longevityIt is impossible to imagine a healthy humanity without a clean and prosperous living environment.
The psychology of health and long life is, first of all, instilling in a child in early childhood a sense of respect and love for nature.
Nature is not only forests and lakes, it is ALL living things, the entire Cosmos. This is what surrounds a person, this is the primary environment, without which his full-fledged, unburdened existence, physical and spiritual health are simply unthinkable. The idea of separating man from Nature, declaring him “the crown of creation and transferring into his jurisdiction and undivided use the world of Living Nature and all its riches is a violation of the “Primordial balance”. Man is a part of nature. When he ceases to feel himself as this part, harmony is disturbed, which leads to disaster.
The destruction of nature always entails consequences, one of which is irreversible spiritual loss modern man, divorced from folk roots.
It is very difficult to educate, instill love and careful attitude to Nature, creating a huge environmental problem. The senseless mass destruction of animals, trees, and bodies of water is a threat to earthly prosperity, a harbinger of the death of the living world.
Man needs to come to his senses and understand that without nature, not only healthy offspring, but the very life of humanity is impossible! Changes in Nature will lead man to mutations. Each of us must feel responsible for everything that happens around us, for the land that belongs to everyone - who came before us and who will come after us.
The psychology of health and longevity begins with the feeling of being part of this unique beauty of Nature, with love for insects, dogs and cats... And this love should be based on such concepts as duty, memory, conscience.
How to do it?
Original taken from oleg_bubnov in Love for Nature for children and adults
How much people consider themselves nature lovers and try to spend a significant part of their free time away from the bustle of the city! After a vacation or weekend, after inhaling fresh air Having bathed well and gained strength, we return home with new impressions. Love for nature ennobles a person, makes him kinder and purer, if only it is true love.
What is our love? Is it mutual? How do we feel about what we love?
Child's love for nature
The little man, developing, learns about the world. Initially, children have the potential to love all living things. And if a child, growing up, begins to destroy nature and animals, then adults are primarily to blame for this, because fostering a love for nature begins from infancy, and it is very important to instill in time a sense of responsibility for all life on earth.
We teach to love small things
It is important that the child understands: even the smallest creature is worthy of life. Let cultivating a love for nature begin with insects. One year old babies They actively explore the world, and their attention is attracted by bright butterflies, bugs, and ants. The child wants to touch everything and test its strength. He does not yet understand the fragility of the creatures around him, so he needs to be taught to treat even a bug with care.
Explain to your child that when he squeezes a beetle in his hand, he hurts the insect, tell your child more about the world of insects, look at pictures in books. And your efforts will gradually begin to bear fruitful fruit. Rescue ladybugs and bugs with your child. Let the child remove the insect from the road where it could be crushed, or get the bug out of the puddle. Praise the little rescuer. After all, he did a good, good deed.
Cats and dogs are best friends
Very often, pets become children's favorites. They are great at raising young researchers big world. Playing with cats or dogs teaches a child to treat animals with care and to empathize. It is not uncommon to see young children talking to " little brothers" After all, for them such communication is more useful and better than any toys. And you can’t replace it with anything.
Don't feel afraid that something is wrong with your child when he tries to pick up a kitten by the tail or pokes a dog in the eye with his finger. This is not because the baby is cruel. It’s just how children learn about the world, they need to touch everything, conduct a little experiment. The child does not yet understand that animals experience pain just like people. And your job is to explain it. Tell them that animals are fragile and can be hurt or harmed. Do not leave your child alone with the animal; always monitor the communication process so that you can always correct the child’s actions. Your time together is another contribution to nurturing a love of nature.
Tell your child more about the habits and habits of animals, so that the child knows the characteristics of small pets and learns to love and understand them. Involve your baby in caring for your cat or dog. Of course, the child will not immediately acquire the habit of caring for or feeding a pet. But gradually your goodwill and warmth will bring results. The child will begin to develop responsibility and love.
Green friends
Along with animals, instill a love for plants. Let your baby help care for indoor flowers. This is also a part of nature, which teaches love and spiritual beauty. Let the baby water “his” flower. Let him plant a sprout or seed and watch how “his” plant gradually grows. After all, cultivating a love for nature lies in the little things that a little later will give you a kind, caring person who loves the world around him.
Adult love for nature
For example, consider a couple of situations that almost each of us has repeatedly observed. Here a group of young people with large backpacks and packages gathered, as they often say now, to “have fun” in nature. They took with them a powerful music system and enough strong drinks to feed a company of soldiers. How they will “rest” and what they will bring to their surroundings is not difficult to guess. Somewhere on the banks of a river or lake they pitched tents and made a fire. “So what's wrong with that?” - you ask. So far it seems like nothing, although... For some reason the fire was not built in a clearing, but right in the middle of the bushes and trees. It’s not even worth talking about the fact that the smoke and heat from the fire will be harmful to plants - and, what good, they will make people laugh.
What about the music? Why not listen to the splashing of water, the rustling of trees, the chirping of birds? Isn't that why we leave the city in the end? No, rumbling music has filled everything around, and not only eardrums young people (who think they are on vacation) - nature suffers. Most of us say that nature is alive just for the sake of saying that nature is alive. But this is really so! All nature is inhabited by living, conscious entities, which we, having moved away from it over many millennia, have forgotten how to see and hear. Why, we don’t even know about their existence. For us they are just “literature”, images that come from myths and tales, and that’s at best. For such entities, such a roar is real torment, they suffer, and this affects flowers and trees, animals and birds.
And nature suffers not only from noise. It's no secret that most people smoke. Smoke poisons the human body, and for the “essentials” who live in the forests, where, thanks to the relative distance from civilization, everything is much cleaner than in the city, this disgusting thing is especially painful. Is this love?! And what kind of “gratitude” the faithful servants of the Creator and Lord, who care for nature, send us for our obvious shamelessness, is visible to the naked eye. Dry rivers and lakes, ruined trees, endangered species of animals and much more over the past decades have changed even visible world planets, there is nothing to say about the subtle world. What kind of “reciprocity” is there! We don't deserve it!
...And two days flew by in such a frenzy, it’s time to go back. All around were broken bushes and mountains of rubbish, withered by smoke. You should take the garbage with you and throw it in a special container, but this never occurs to anyone. For what? After all, they are not going to come back here anymore, there are plenty of other places, Russia is big. Let others take care of themselves. It's sad, if not tragic...
Another example. The men go fishing. But not with fishing rods and spinning rods, but with nets and slings. They catch fish in bags, throw away small change, without thinking about anything - not about what they pollute with their aspirations and actions subtle world, nor that they seriously violate the ecology of the visible gross material world. What if they engage in such “fishing” during spawning, when the reproduction process is underway? Moreover, for the sake of one caviar (!), gutting and throwing away the most valuable fish, which was never able to fulfill one of its most important natural tasks - to bear offspring! What kind of love for nature is there, it rather smacks of hatred.
And almost none of us think about the fact that we will have to answer to the fullest extent for our actions - we managed, they say, to bypass the earthly law, and okay. There is no need to talk about responsibility before God, in whom many do not believe. But we ignore even our responsibility to our children, in whom each of us “oh, how we believe!”, leaving behind chaos, dirt and destruction. It's an ugly picture, but that's how it really is. True love for nature, without a doubt, would help every person change for the better.
Nowadays, the problems of protecting the natural environment and ensuring environmental safety purchased very important. People have seen from their own experience that, unfortunately, no human intervention in nature passes without leaving a trace; very often the rash actions of people have extremely unpleasant consequences. The widespread opinion in the twentieth century that man is the conqueror of nature turned out to be erroneous.
Man is simply one of Mother Nature’s children, and, as it turned out, he is far from being her most intelligent child, because no other creatures destroy the world in which they live. In order to somehow make up for past mistakes and prevent such mistakes from being made in the future, today humanity pays a lot of attention to such issues as protecting nature, economical consumption of natural resources, caring for animals and plants...
Once upon a time, people thoughtlessly thought that such seemingly insignificant phenomena as the extermination of some type of insect, deforestation somewhere far away in the taiga, or pollution of a small river were unlikely to have any serious consequences. However, as practice has shown, even these “little things” can become fatal, because everything in the world is interconnected, so that even the disappearance of the tiniest link in the chain inevitably leads to a disruption of the general balance. As a result, we have what we have - global warming, ozone holes, hundreds of species of animals and plants that are on the verge of extinction...
The people themselves are also suffering, who today are faced with many problems unknown to them before - an increase in the number of various diseases among the population, the birth of a large number of babies with certain pathologies, and much more. Today, healthcare has become one of the main priorities of human society, since the deterioration of the environmental situation has dealt a serious blow to people's health. Excessive human activity and irresponsible attitude towards nature have turned against us, therefore, if we want to save Natural resources For our descendants, who will live many hundreds of years after us, we must take active measures to protect the environment now.
What to do?
You need to start small - with the struggle for the purity of your settlement, because ecology is the key to our common prosperous future. When you go to nature to relax, you should take large garbage bags with you and clean up before and after yourself the area where you are resting or going to rest (and preferably not only after yourself). It is worth setting an example for people, conducting active campaigning everywhere (leaflets, posters, newspapers, explanations), holding mass cleanup days, teaching people to be careful about the environment natural environment, fight with those who stubbornly do not want to change their boorish and consumerist attitude towards Nature (bringing them to responsibility).
Everything returns to normal, everything that we have prepared for ourselves, according to the great Law of Interaction, which is sometimes called the “Law of Sowing and Harvest.” It doesn’t matter that we don’t know about the existence of universal and most perfect Laws of the Universe, our ignorance does not exempt us from responsibility. So isn’t it better for each of us, before it’s too late, to try to look at ourselves from the outside and start doing something?
Let us still love, appreciate and respect Mother Nature, because this is ours, in which we live! Let's not thoughtlessly throw trash anywhere (even travel tickets or ice cream paper)! Think! Do it! Teach yourself and others order and cleanliness! It’s clean not where they clean, but where they don’t litter...
Nature is like a simple miracle,
It is impossible to understand and unravel. Then he puts on a fur coat in the cold,
It melts the asphalt to dust.
Rain in the heat is uncontrollably desired,
Fast streams tremble.
Soul impulses pacify
And cleanses thoughts from filth.
People are in a hurry to learn all the facets
Dear mother nature.
But they understand that something controls us -
Ignorance does not let you through and stands like a wall.
Dreams go on forever.
The tracks are tangled in the shadows.
Nature reveals eternity,
For those who are pure in their thoughts.
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We all know that humanity has already caused irreparable harm to the environment. The post-industrial era has led to pollution, a decline in animal and plant biodiversity, industrialization of forests and climate change. Of course, plants, factories, manufacturing and even agriculture are largely responsible for what is happening to the environment today. However, people hardly think about the fact that the familiar things that surround us every day can also become destructive for our planet. These are everyday items that can become deadly weapons against the environment.
There are accumulators and batteries in every person’s home, because today it is simply impossible to imagine your life without huge amount gadgets and electronic devices. However, sooner or later the day comes when the battery runs out. According to statistics, only about 15% percent of the billions of alkaline batteries are recycled after use. According to scientists from the US Environmental Protection Agency, batteries account for more than 50% of toxic emissions from all household waste. Batteries account for 0.25% of all emissions. Used batteries contain mercury, cadmium, magnesium, lead, tin, nickel, and zinc. Once thrown away, batteries will corrode (they metal coating collapses), and heavy metals enter the soil and groundwater. From groundwater, these metals can enter rivers and lakes. Just one AA battery pollutes 400 liters of water and 20 square meters of soil with harmful components. Harmful substances accumulate in the body of humans and animals, affecting the functioning of almost all organs, blocking the work of enzymes and causing malignant tumors. 
Discarded plastic bags do not decompose, meaning they can, in fact, remain in nature for an average of about 500 years! Around the world, people use about 4 trillion bags every year, a quantity that kills millions of birds and countless schools of fish. Every year, more than a hundred thousand whales, seals, and turtles die from plastic bags in Newfoundland alone. For these reasons, in a number of countries the use of plastic bags as household packaging is limited or prohibited, and on August 23, the ECA Movement holds an annual event - “Day without Plastic Bags.” 
Since the 1950s, global plastic production has doubled every eleven years, and every year about 300 thousand tons of plastic waste ends up in the seas and oceans. There, large fragments gradually disintegrate into small bright pieces, which are often eaten by marine life and birds, mistaking the plastic for food. But if in 1960 only 5% of birds examined had plastic fragments found in their stomachs, then in 2010 this figure reached 80%. Birds often mistake floating bottles, lighters and other objects for fish, and not only swallow them themselves, but also bring them as food to their chicks. But plastic consists of toxic components and absorbs harmful substances from the environment. Moreover, such fragments do not always pass through gastrointestinal tract and accumulate in the body, causing intestinal blockage. Often so much plastic accumulates in the stomach that there is no room left for food, and the bird dies of starvation. 
Gases used to sedate patients before surgery, accumulate in the Earth's atmosphere, where they contribute to climate change. The results of recent analyzes of air samples showed the presence of anesthetics even in Antarctica. Over the past decades, concentrations of desflurane, isoflurane and sevoflurane have been increasing worldwide. Like carbon dioxide, anesthetic gases allow the atmosphere to store more solar energy. However, unlike carbon dioxide, medical gases in this case turned out to be much more powerful than greenhouse gases: one kilogram of desflurane, for example, is equivalent to 2500 kilograms of carbon dioxide. 
According to estimates, of the 6 trillion cigarettes smoked in the world every year, more than 4.5 trillion are thrown onto the ground by smokers. This is how nicotine, toxins, carcinogens and pesticides, which pose a huge danger to animals and people, get into the soil and then into the water. American scientists note that toxicity tobacco smoke four times higher harmful effects car exhaust gases. In their opinion, cigarettes cause no less harm to the planet than cement and asphalt factories. 
Paper
Paper is biodegradable, but as you know, every sheet means felled trees and destroyed forests, as well as energy costs and environmental emissions during its production. Of course, wood is a renewable resource, but not all countries and companies monitor its renewal, trying to use what they have to the maximum. Many manufacturers now offer paper made from recycled materials, but this is also not a completely harmless option. When the paper recycling process takes place, all of it is mixed into pulp. This pulp is washed, cleaned and then pressed into sheets of paper. During this process, all waste, such as paper fiber, ink, cleaning chemicals and paints, is filtered out and sent into one huge pile - paper sludge. This sludge is then either incinerated or sent to a landfill, where it releases dozens of toxic chemicals and heavy metals which subsequently end up in groundwater.
To the question How do people harm nature? given by the author Victoria Okun the best answer is Well, firstly, man destroys virgin nature, turning more and more of it into anthropogenic, as it is called in the social environment, creating a “second nature” .... this naturally disrupts the level of oxygen release into the atmosphere, since valuable trees and other plants are also destroyed by humans... secondly, this situation is aggravated by inventions in industry. With the development of various industries, new methods of manufacturing goods, etc., appear, which negatively affects the environment, since as production proceeds, a huge amount of dangerous gases are released into the atmosphere, and even modern filters installed on factory pipes do not protect from harm and pollution... thirdly, from the above problem follows the problem with garbage, which appears in large quantities after consuming the same industrial products... water bodies are polluted by irresponsible factories that throw industrial waste directly into the seas and lakes, without thinking about their future... again, man exterminates many species of innocent animals for the sake of daily money and simply for his own pleasure... actually such negative influences There are a lot of people in nature, one might even say that they are at every step...
Answer from Flush[guru]
Disposes waste into rivers and lakes. Drains swamps, cuts down forests, releases exhaust gases into the atmosphere, creates artificial reserves,
destruction of animals
Answer from Alla Mikhailets[newbie]
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Answer from Grow up[newbie]
1. Man is designed in such a way that he strives to consciously change nature, to adapt it to his needs, and this is the main harm that he causes to it. Man builds huge factories that poison the atmosphere and hydrosphere with toxic emissions, man cuts down forests, plows up fields, extracts underground natural resources, leaving voids underground and mountains ugly breed on the surface, disrupts ecological balance. Man has destroyed and is destroying different kinds animals and plants. Man builds cities, lays roads, makes fires, litters. Sometimes it seems that the very presence of humans causes harm to nature.
But man is still a rational being and last years I began to think about the harm it causes and how it can be corrected. If he acts consistently in this endeavor, soon the damage to nature can be significantly reduced.
2. As a conscious and more organized being, man causes great damage to nature (Paradoxical as it may seem). Let's start with banal garbage. Picnics in the spring in nature, after which, as a rule. garbage is not removed. The fire doesn't really go out. For example, plastic bags and bottles are not subject to decay and rotting. Which means polyethylene hell. If something like this isn't recycled, it won't be far off. Car exhaust fumes, great attachment to cleaning chemicals, which only cause harm, cutting down trees and destroying animals...And that’s just small part the harm that a person can bring...
Answer from Marriage[newbie]
1.Irrational use of water
Everyone knows that water comes into the water supply system from natural sources. Now imagine the morning, the population large city and in each apartment, a shower and faucet are included. Now just think how much water flows away in just one morning. And this is only the beginning of the day, how many times during the day will the tap open and water flow. For example, all Muscovites taken together spend on average from 200 liters of water to 4 million cubic meters per day. A few years ago there was even a question of shortage water resources. And such a situation is quite possible, because the earth’s resources are not endless.
2. Toothpaste and hygiene products
Let's continue about water. Everything you flush down the sink or toilet ends up in wastewater. Today, a system for their purification has been developed, but it only concerns the central sewerage system. That is, before wastewater is discharged into a reservoir, it is subjected to several stages of purification. However, it cannot completely cope with the chemical components of hygiene products. The same toothpaste contains fluoride, which, like chlorine, interacts with organic substances and forms dangerous chemical compounds. What can we say about hygiene products that contain various dangerous fragrances, peahens, and polymer molecules. All these components, one way or another, penetrate into the environment.
3. Car
Everything seems clear about the car. A single vehicle's exhaust releases over ten thousand pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Thanks to the large number of vehicles, Moscow and St. Petersburg are considered one of the most dirty cities countries. Unfortunately, so far the share of alternative eco-mobiles accounts for only a small part.
4.Smoking
In addition to the fact that harmful substances are released into the air during smoking, almost five million hectares of forest are destroyed every year in order to dry tobacco.
5. Improper waste disposal
We have written repeatedly about the fact that improper waste disposal harms the environment. You can read about this on our website here and here.
6. Perfume
Musk is often used in perfume compositions; it is this that causes the greatest concern among environmentalists. It can penetrate the fatty tissue of aquatic species. Imagine you are on vacation, perfumed yourself with your favorite scent (which, by the way, may contain a number of chemicals hazardous to health and nature) and plunged into the sea. Congratulations, all harmful substances, along with musk, have entered the reservoir. You might want to have a fresh fish dinner afterwards. There is a possibility that you will not only inhale all the harmful components of your perfume, but also eat it.
7. Household cleaning and laundry products
We also wrote about the dangers of such products. Read this text.
8. Means for repairing premises
Today, there are environmental analogues to unsafe paints, adhesives, varnishes and other repair products that contain hazardous components. True, such funds are more expensive. If you resort to economical renovations, be prepared for the fact that your home will harm the environment and your health.
9. Carcinogens produced by frying foods
Do you want fried cutlets for dinner? Stop. Think again and steam them, because frying produces a dangerous carcinogen that can cause cancerous tumors in people and animals.
