Its your body and what you put into it, I for one will not use starter fluid.
nobody likes charcoal lighter fluid. It’s messy. It smells bad. It can leave a chemical taste on your food. It’s also a dangerous inhalant. Charcoal lighter fluid emits volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) when it evaporates and when it burns. This causes air pollution. Charcoal lighter fluid leaves toxic residue on your food.
So why should you use lighter fluid? You shouldn’t. Use a charcoal chimney instead, and light your BBQ grill with just a few pieces of wadded newspaper. Yup, a charcoal chimney (also known as a chimney starter) uses newspaper as the starter fuel. It’s clean, common and cheap.
Lighter Fluid Causes Air Pollution
The Pima County (AZ) Department of Environmental Quality has this to say on the toxicity of charcoal lighter fluid:
“Charcoal lighter fluid is made from toxic petroleum distillates, which produce volatile organic compounds that are an ingredient in ground-level ozone air pollution and can leave a residue on your food. Charcoal chimneys cost around $15, as opposed to $4 for each container of lighter fluid, but will last for many years.”