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Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected
Archived version: https://archive.ph/QrYK1
Study report: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adm8680
Replied this in another thread: I don’t think it should be prohibited - BUT - never used around kids. Life’s about tradeoffs sure and your kids don’t deserve to grow up with asthma either.
This shit poses the greatest risk to developing bodies:
https://www.massmed.org/Publications/Vital-Signs---Member-Publication/Connection-Between-Natural-Gas-Stoves-and-Pediatric-Asthma/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819315/
https://rmi.org/gas-stoves-health-climate-asthma-risk/
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2022/11/gas-stoves-are-hazardous-to-your-health-multnomah-county-report-says.html
I actually have an electric stove. Which is why I’m not against them, I just don’t see them as a perfect replacement.
Honestly, I’d probably want both on a range. Use the correct tool for the job. Electric is fine for boiling water or something like cast iron that’s going to hold the heat through the duty cycles. Gas for when you need to actually have consistent heat that can be turned up and down.