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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have gas anything in my house but...is it just the stove that's causing the issue?  Does the same concern come in to play when it's gas heat?  Or a gas hot water heater?  It says that the stove leaks gas even when it's off.  Is that not true for these other items as well?[/quote]

Well this is OP...all that stuff is in my basement where no one is on a regular basis. but I think the stove is unique in the constant leak aspect?[/quote]

No. The water heater and furnace have their combustion products vented outside through a flue. A gas range does not, it burns in the open kitchen. That's why some people say that it's important to have the vent fan on (and a real vent fan).

However, I think these health "concerns" that all popped up in the past couple years, after humans have been cooking on gas stoves since the mid-1800s, are 99.8% total bullshit, and completely irrelevant if you're not otherwise pre-disposed to some condition like severe asthma. It's motivated by climate activism, so make of that what you will.

I have a gas stove, water heater, and furnace. I'd switch to induction if the stove broke, if we were renovating, assuming it's not prohibitively expensive to get an additional 240 V line to the stove.

Otherwise, I'm not worrying about it. [/quote]

my husband used to cough every time i turned on the gas oven.  We switched our gas range to induction cooktop and electric stove.  My husband no longer coughs anymore. Also, my smoke alarm does not go off either when cooking something in the oven. [/quote]

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