Gas stoves fill the air in your home with particulate matter (pm), which has been found to increase cancer risk in the long term.

So next time you buy a stove, consider choosing an induction stove.

Btw, gas stoves being better or faster than induction is a myth. They have certain specific advantages, but they are actually slower.

Obligatory Technology Connections video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUywI8YGy0Y

  • 7rokhym@lemmy.ca
    5·
    2 months ago

    The studies I read, there was no ventilation / exhaust fan. The point was that low income households using these stoves often don’t have proper ventilation and it makes them dangerous. I didn’t find much evidence that using them with proper ventilation is actually a serious problem.

    Further, cooking releases all sorts of chemicals from incomplete combustion in the air if something is burning, as well as the toxic chemicals release from nonstick cookware at very high temperatures, so cooking without ventilation is bad for your health would be the message I’d take away. I find most people are completely unaware of the hazard.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      With proper ventilation you can do everything, you can work with hazardous gases and nuclear materials, if the ventilation is sufficient.

  • mechoman444@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    Appliance repairman here. What I tell my clients about gas in general is that: 1. When natural gas burns it create CO. 2. There is a none zero chance the thing can blow up.

    Electric cooking appliances have an absolute zero chance of either of these two things happening.

    I try to get people to switch to electric for these reasons some just like the aesthetic of cooking on gas.

    • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 months ago

      yeah blah blah blah but honestly… we are humans, we do crazy shit daily like driving 200 kph in a metal can while blasting rave or metal music. If something goes out in flames just say that new years eve came in early - if you are still alive. Life isn’t for the faint of heart for sure

    • neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      0·
      2 months ago

      I absolutely hate that I have a gas stove and water heater mainly for reason 2. It fills me with pure anxiety.

      I know there’s a relatively small chance, but whenever we’re turning the corner and I see the house is still there it’s a huge relief. In the next year or two we should be able to put out the money to put in outlets and get rid of gas.

      I do almost everything in my house but the 2 things I won’t touch are electric and gas.

      • lonerangers1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        2 months ago

        heatpump water heaters are looking good. Super easy to install. No venting needed and they run on 120v.

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I love my heat pump water heater because it cools down the room it’s in to root cellar temperatures perfect for storing things like potatoes and pumpkins

  • grandel@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I didnt watch the video yet but do you have any estimates on how much pm is released? Where I live the air contains about 50 mikrograms per cubic meter and I’d like to know which is unhealthier: using a gas stove without ventilation or going outside and breathing fresh air

  • Tudsamfa@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Everything else being equal, of course electric and induction stoves are preferable to gas. I spend most of my life with an electric stove, no apartment I ever saw had induction, but I didn’t particularly like the gas stove I had to use for some years.

    But if you want the worst user experience ever, find an electric stove with touchscreen controls. What the hell, landlord, where did you even find that one?