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.”

        • ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee
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          5 months ago

          Nobody is taking your stove you absolute waste of air. Some of us prefer to understand the risks vs benefits, and studies like this are informative.

            • eskimofry@lemmy.world
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              5 months ago

              Lol you took a WHO study personally and are complaining when people are pissed when you insult them?

              • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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                5 months ago

                That sounds about right. I saw a “study” that was designed to justify a policy, took it personally as a person who will be directly impacted by the policy, and yeah got upset when the best argument presented was a personal attack.

                Now you going to start demanding some accountability from the people flying on private jets and yachts who cause more air pollution issues per hour than a small car centric meat eating town does in a year or are you going to find ways to support landlords not having to give free heat to tenants? I am asking to be polite btw, I know which you are going to do.

                • eskimofry@lemmy.world
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                  5 months ago

                  who will be directly impacted by the policy, and yeah got upset when the best argument presented was a personal attack.

                  You deliberately ignored or hand-waved away all the adverse health effects of Gas Stoves and when people called you out on that, you’re saying it’s a personal attack?

                  Now you going to start demanding some accountability from the people flying on private jets and yachts who cause more air pollution issues per hour than a small car centric meat eating town does in a year

                  Who said I wasn’t? Two things can be done at the same time. You’re saying “I refuse to change unless everybody else changes” which sounds asinine.

                  or are you going to find ways to support landlords not having to give free heat to tenants?

                  It’s not my responsibility to innovate for your business. You’re supposed to be the business owner who has to be accountable for the impacts of your product on the society and the environment. After all you take all the profits but you don’t want any of the responsibility?

                  I am asking to be polite btw, I know which you are going to do.

                  Just like you assumed that phasing out LPG stoves is bad only because it forces you to actually do work to add value to your customers

  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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    5 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.

    • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

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

    • Soggy@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      “Well-ventilated” being a higher standard than you’d probably expect, but yes. Standard over-range extractor isn’t doing enough.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I want to say now since we just got one that modern glass-top electric stoves are pretty great. They heat up quickly and they’re very easy to clean. So the latter part is already a huge advantage over gas stoves.

    We didn’t even get a fancy one or anything. A basic model.

  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Edit: 6/17 quoted not 7/17

    Nitrogen dioxide irritates the airways and can exacerbate respiratory illnesses such as asthma. The Stanford study estimates that chronic stove-based nitrogen dioxide exposure is linked to at least 50,000 cases of pediatric asthma in the United States each year. The research, which measured NO2 in more than 100 homes before, during, and after gas stove use, found that pollution migrates to bedrooms within an hour of the stove turning on, and stays above dangerous levels for hours after use.

    The results also highlight the unequal racial and socioeconomic burden of exposure. The study found that American Indians and Alaska Natives are exposed to 60% more NO2 from gas and propane stoves than the national average. Black and Latino or Hispanic households breathe in 20% more NO2 from their stoves.

    People in households making less than $10,000 a year are breathing NO2 at rates more than twice that of people in households making over $150,000.

    “People in poorer communities are more at risk because their outdoor air is bad and and in many ways their indoor air is worse,” said Jackson. Low-income communities and communities of color are more likely to live near highways, ports, industrial sites and other polluting zones.

    “There’s an underlying assumption that people are only using their stove or oven to cook and to prepare meals,” said Diana Hernandez, sociologist at Columbia University who was not involved in the Stanford study. A recent survey conducted by Hernandez and her team found that over 20% of New Yorkers used stoves or ovens to heat their homes.

    Gas stoves also emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and cities across the US are adopting building electrification measures that would phase out gas stoves in new homes.

    6/17 quoted