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Replacing gas stoves with electric stoves greatly reduces asthma symptoms (theconversation.com)
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People with poorly controlled asthma may be able to breathe easier by making a change in the kitchen.

The results were striking: Improvements in asthma symptoms following stove change were similar to – or even greater than – those reported in clinical trials of commonly used asthma medications.

On average, participants went from having moderate asthma symptoms to having mild symptoms. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations for asthma fell by 70%. Missed days of work or school because of asthma dropped by about 80%. At the same time, indoor levels of nitrogen dioxide decreased by 70%.

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[–] 20 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Removing gas appliances from your home improves the air quality, full stop.

I abandoned gas appliances more than a decade ago, nobody has breathing problems in my house, yet we notice the difference when we visit someone that still cooks or heats with gas.

The atmosphere, for the lack of a better descriptiom, feels heavier. The air itself gains a metalic taste and is thicker. As if if clung to the back of the throat.

Trying to convey this to friends and family is usually an exercise of futility.

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  • [–] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

    If you're noticing a difference in air quality with gas heating then there is something majorly wrong with their furnace. Like the furnace needs to be condemned wrong. Unless there is a hole in the heat exchanger or the exhaust is done improperly, furnace exhaust doesn't interact with the indoor air at all. The only thing heating the air in a gas furnace is the hot metal heat exchanger. One piece of hot metal heats the air the same as any other as far as air quality goes.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 hours ago

    We all pick that difference in the air. It's not an exclusive "trait" I've developed.

    As long as we visit somebody's home where gas is used, be it for heating or cooking, we notice the difference in the air.

    Home gas powered furnaces are rare in my country; individual homes central heating is most commonly diesel fed but the shift towards all electric is being extremely fast.

    Even a cooking top burning taints the air for us. It tastes metallic and oily. We have an emergency portable gas stove and when had a blackout last year we had to cook with all the windows open to keep the air clean inside.

    I can't explain why or how we are so aware of the air quality indoors but we are.

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