Gas stoves causing health issues?

[Anonymous]

The CO and NOx concerns seem inflated. While the numbers might go up for these, they would be within "allowable limits." The PM2.5 particle production and safety is harder to quantify.

Gas heat and hot water tend to exhaust directly outside and aren't as big a concern. Yes, it is still possible. If you have gas appliances, you should have a CO alarm already. If you gas appliances have a pilot light, they could be "leaking" all the time, but it's almost nothing compared to a running appliance.

[Anonymous]

Do you have a vent? Turn it on. Problem solved.

Every "study" I've seen measured increase in CO2 and particulates from cooking directly next to a stove without a vent of any kind. Also be aware that cooking (even on an electric stove) will produce particulates, and I haven't seen any studies that actually compare the two.

[Anonymous]

Anything with a pilot light is constantly “leaking” gas by design. If you have a gas stove, do you also have a gas water heater? Furnace? Fireplace? Dryer? Outdoor line? You can spend a small fortune to replace everything and cut off gas access to your home, but what next? There’s always going to be something.

[Anonymous]

I like gas for power outages. Super handy to be able to cook and heat water when the electricity is out for a few days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Related, I'm considering going with an induction, and some fear monger over in Food and Cooking said that those cause cancer too and put a bunch of magnet waves at my children's head height! Now I am paralyzed with indecision.

I really think you can take this off your list of things to worry about. That belief is pretty fringe.

Yeah, as long as you don't have anyone in the house who reacts to the pitch of pots vibrating from induction. Two people in our house do, so it's a no go for us.

[Anonymous]

These studies aren’t new. It’s part of the reason we opted for an electric stove 8 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's bad for the environment and increases CO2.

so does eating and farting, about the same amount.

So does consuming that steak.

IDK about the steak but I can tell you that the amounts of CO2 produced by eating and farting and the amount produced by using a gas stove are nowhere near one another. I know because I have a CO2 meter in my house.

Normal outdoor levels around here are in the mid 300-low 400 ppm range.

Inside our house with doors and windows closed and furnace on, no matter how much anyone farts levels don't go above about 700 ppm.

Using one gas burner on the stove for about 1/2 hour, they increase to 1200 ppm+.

Once you notice it, you can't un-notice it. And by "notice" I mean "feel"--1200 ppm is more CO2 than optimal. I actually love cooking with a gas stove and fortunately we have strong cross-ventilation through the kitchen, but there's no way I would put one in as a new appliance having had this experience.

[Anonymous]

I’m concerned about the gas fireplace in our house and I’ve been concerned about it for awhile.

[Anonymous]

Reviving old threat based on recent news about a possible ban on gas stoves. For those of us who live in tiny apartments with minor children and gas stoves, what can we do? Open the windows every time we cook?

[Anonymous]

I switched out my gas stove to electric in 2012 based on the research that was coming out. I also removed our ventless gas fireplace. Both my husband and daughter have asthma. Maybe indoor pollution didn’t cause their asthma, maybe it did. DH grew up with indoor smokers and DD (born 2006) grew up with gas stoves. I felt limiting the risk of further pollution was important. I didn’t have the money for induction so I have a smooth top electric range. I don’t prefer it but I feel better knowing I’ve avoided pumping out toxic gas for ten years into their lungs. We don’t have an outdoor vent for our range because we are in a townhouse with the kitchen on an interior wall.

Folks living in apartments should vent and open windows and pressure the landlord to swap it or move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's bad for the environment and increases CO2.

It doesn’t matter at all as long as we keep farming COWS.

[Anonymous]

We stopped using the gas fireplace a couple years ago. We had it serviced and even then there was s persistent gas smell. The CO alarm never went off, but it did feel like the smell was making us sick. We also used to occasionally smell gas in the yard and would call the gas company but they couldnt locate the leak.We want to change the fireplace to electric. We may do the same for the stove. I think there might be incentives offered to do that.

[Anonymous]

We should have banned them in new construction years ago. The evidence is increasingly incontrovertible that they result in serious health harm.

When our gas range does we will get induction.

[Anonymous]

Gas stoves responsible for 12% of childhood asthma cases and the stoves leak all the time, not just while being used. Suddenly after years of wishing I’d had gas to cook on I’m very grateful I didn’t.

[Anonymous]

It's good to further force us even more onto an increasingly unreliable electric grid.