A hidden danger may be lurking in your kitchen. Many Americans are breathing in nitrogen dioxide—a harmful pollutant that’s been linked with asthma and lung cancer—from fumes emitted by their gas ...
Gas and propane stoves significantly increase exposure to nitrogen dioxide in rooms throughout the home, and these unsafe levels of exposure have had harmful effects on the health of tens of thousands ...
Stanford researchers found that gas stoves expose Americans to surprisingly high levels of nitrogen dioxide—often matching or exceeding outdoor pollution. For millions, cooking alone pushes NO2 over ...
Switching from gas to electric cooking would bring 22 million Americans below the World Health Organization’s long-term nitrogen dioxide guideline, according to the first nationwide study to map ...
A study of air pollution in U.S. homes found that households with gas or propane stoves regularly breathe unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide. "I didn't expect to see pollutant concentrations breach ...
Twenty-two million Americans would no longer be breathing in unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide if they switched from gas and propane stoves to electric stoves. Robert Jackson and colleagues ...
Pollution from gas stoves accounts for more than half of some Americans’ total exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxic substance linked to asthma, a study in the academic journal PNAS Nexus ...
Dozens of studies have demonstrated that nitrogen pollution, due mainly to the burning of fossil fuels and agricultural practices, is causing plant biodiversity losses worldwide. But whether rising ...