About 47 million homes use natural gas or propane-burning cooktops and ovens. Stanford researchers found that cooking with gas stoves can raise indoor levels of the carcinogen benzene above those found in secondhand smoke.

Is this one of those things we will look back at from the future and say: “I can’t believe that we did that?” like leaded fuel?

  • someguy3English
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    2 years ago

    Assuming it’s properly set up a gas water heater and gas furnace are not bad because they have proper ventilation. But a gas stove is much more open, and many people don’t run the exhaust fan because it’s too loud. If you’re stuck with it make sure you run the exhaust fan on high and I would even open the windows.

    • Bo7aEnglish
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      2 years ago

      The water heater is the worst offender in our house. It was never intended to be fulltime use. But I am getting rid of it this weekend. The stove on the other hand will be at least a year.

      Our living situation is very different than most though. This wasn’t a choice. It took hydro 11 months to bring us power so we had no choice but to cut corners to make life somewhat livable in the absence of grid power or a budget for whole-house solar.