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Gas stoves harm our health and the climate - should they be banned?

US authorities are reportedly considering a ban on new gas stoves in light of research claiming they are linked to one in eight cases of childhood asthma

By Madeleine Cuff

11 January 2023

Close up of Burning gas cooker

Gas stoves are a source of nitrogen dioxide and particulate pollution

Maciej Toporowicz/Moment RF/Getty Images

For many restaurant chefs and enthusiastic amateur cooks, gas has long been the fuel of choice for stove-top cooking. Preparing food over a naked flame is a quicker, more responsive experience than relying on electric or induction heaters, so the thinking goes. But this love affair with gas could be coming to an end in the face of growing evidence of the public health and climate threat it poses.

A commissioner for the US Consumer Product Safety Commission hinted that …

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