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>The article directly describes where the benzene comes from. Are you referring to: >Last year the powerful trade group criticized a peer-reviewed study showi

by panny 3y ago

>The article directly describes where the benzene comes from. Are you referring to: >Last year the powerful trade group criticized a peer-reviewed study showing gas stoves leak benzene even when they are turned off. Well, yeah, if you put benzene in the stove, I guess it's gonna leak benzene. Try methane for better results and not fill your cooking devices with cancer gas? This is user error, not the stove's fault.

dredmorbius 3y ago
From TFA: "Benzene forms in flames and other high-temperature environments, such as the flares found in oil fields and refineries. We now know that benzene also forms in the flames of gas stoves in our homes," said Rob Jackson in a statement.
- fuzzfactor 3y ago
  The instrumentation used does look groundbreaking and amazingly sensitive to benzene (also other trace toxins when targeted), calibration with known reference material looks excellent, with good correlation to established GC-MS, but there may not be complete data on possible false positive responses compared to GC-MS. I've been a fan of Cavity Ring-Down for a couple decades, this demo might help bring the technique into some mainstream laboratories. Wouldn't mind one of their units on the bench myself. Also people should be aware benzene is a natural hydrocarbon found in various percentage amounts in oil reservoirs, much more present in the produced crude oil than the crude natual gas, but also often present in small amounts within the refined propane, butane, and other liquified petroleum gas products. Mainly benzene is also present in almost all gasoline, but limited to 0.5% by volume since the clean air act of 1990.
- panny 3y ago
  The same news outlet that called East Palestine a "controlled burn" now wants me to worry about incomplete combustion products from gas stoves... seriously? https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohi...

by panny 3y ago

dredmorbius 3y ago

From TFA: "Benzene forms in flames and other high-temperature environments, such as the flares found in oil fields and refineries. We now know that benzene also forms in the flames of gas stoves in our homes," said Rob Jackson in a statement.

fuzzfactor 3y ago
The instrumentation used does look groundbreaking and amazingly sensitive to benzene (also other trace toxins when targeted), calibration with known reference material looks excellent, with good correlation to established GC-MS, but there may not be complete data on possible false positive responses compared to GC-MS. I've been a fan of Cavity Ring-Down for a couple decades, this demo might help bring the technique into some mainstream laboratories. Wouldn't mind one of their units on the bench myself. Also people should be aware benzene is a natural hydrocarbon found in various percentage amounts in oil reservoirs, much more present in the produced crude oil than the crude natual gas, but also often present in small amounts within the refined propane, butane, and other liquified petroleum gas products. Mainly benzene is also present in almost all gasoline, but limited to 0.5% by volume since the clean air act of 1990.
panny 3y ago
The same news outlet that called East Palestine a "controlled burn" now wants me to worry about incomplete combustion products from gas stoves... seriously? https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1155570564/east-palestine-ohi...