Pollution seeping from gas stoves kills 40,000 people each year across the EU and U.K., according to a new report, the latest contribution to a growing body of evidence that stoves pose a threat to human health.
Pollution seeping from gas stoves kills 40,000 people each year across the EU and U.K., according to a new report, the latest contribution to a growing body of evidence that stoves pose a threat to human health.
For the report, researchers gauged levels of indoor nitrogen dioxide pollution in the roughly one-third of European households using gas cookers. They then looked at data on the impact of outdoor nitrogen dioxide pollution — from cars, power plants, and factories — to infer the toll of gas stoves.
On average, researchers determined, gas stoves shorten lifespans by nearly two years, leading to 36,031 early deaths across the EU and 3,928 early deaths in the U.K. each year.
Read more at: Yale Environment 360
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