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It's unhelpful to link to Google searches as sources; the first page of results is usually just news or blog articles very thin on facts. The risks to health o
by gottorf 3y ago
It's unhelpful to link to Google searches as sources; the first page of results is usually just news or blog articles very thin on facts.
The risks to health of natural gas stoves (basically, just the production of NO2 and particulate matter) are almost all due to insufficient ventilation. Houses will need more and better (active) ventilation going forward anyway, as increasing insulation standards for homes mean they don't "breath" as much as they used to. So there's other ways to mitigate those health risks that don't involve banning something that many people enjoy using.
Poor people as a whole indeed do have overall worth health than rich people, but switching to electric stoves won't move the needle almost at all. Gas stoves are most linked to pediatric asthma[0], but in terms of stuff that affect poor people more than rich people, that's hypertension, arthritis, smoking, and obesity[1], none of which care what kind of stove you cook with at home.
[0]: https://rmi.org/gas-stoves-health-climate-asthma-risk/ https://rmi.org/gas-stoves-health-climate-asthma-risk/
[1]: https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2016/16_0088.htm https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2016/16_0088.htm