Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected

Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected

Using a gas stove increases nitrogen dioxide exposure to levels that exceed public health recommendations, a new study shows. The report, published Friday in Science Advances, found that people of color and low-income residents in the US were disproportionately affected.

Indoor gas and propane appliances raise average concentrations of the harmful pollutant, also known as NO2, to 75% of the World Health Organization’s standard for indoor and outdoor exposure.

That means even if a person avoids exposure to nitrogen dioxide from traffic exhaust, power plants, or other sources, by cooking with a gas stove they will have already breathed in three-quarters of what is considered a safe limit.

“When you’re using a gas stove, you are burning fossil fuel directly in the home,” said Yannai Kashtan, lead author of the study and a PhD candidate at Stanford University. “Ventilation does help but it’s an imperfect solution and ultimately the best way is to reduce pollution at the source.”

  • AmidFuror
    5•2 months ago

    ITT: Energy wasters (electric or gas) wrecking the environment by cooking food when they should be eating nothing but whole, raw, unprocessed vegetables. And maybe splurge on some fruit every now and then.

    • @[email protected]
      6•2 months ago

      Yeah. Everybody is also wasting electricity on treadmills when they should be chasing deer down by foot to get their exercise lmao

      • AmidFuror
        3•2 months ago

        That’s cruel to the deer. They should be chasing eggplants.

      • AmidFuror
        2•2 months ago

        I held back. I was gonna go full fruitarian.

        Also failed to mention locally-sourced.

        • @[email protected]
          1•2 months ago

          You have pretty strong opinions on how other people should live life. I wonder where you alone got the ability to determine how people should live. Did some lady in a lake award you a sword?

          • AmidFuror
            3•2 months ago

            Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

    • @[email protected]
      1•2 months ago

      These rich ass holes want to make our gasoline less efficient by taking the lead out of it 😡😡😡