omg, is this for real? weird how recent conspiracy rumbling about gvmnt taking away gas stoves may have been covering for a real conspiracy. First I’ve read about benzene in stove fumes. Like cooking w/gas

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    Any time you combust hydrocarbons you create some incidental aromatics like cancer causing benzene. I don’t find the comparison to cigarettes too useful though.

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      Right. No one has been lying about this.

      Everyone should know that being around burning things is bad. It’s not like the actual food you’re cooking is not also putting these things in the air, even on an electric stove…

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        This is why it’s so important to have (and use) a hood that vents to the outside. These used to be standard features in homes, but it’s increasingly common just to have a recirculating hood with a grease filter. If you’re in one o those kitchens, open a window.

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          From another news story posted here yesterday or the day before: vent hoods are not strong enough to get all the contaminants.

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          It’s crazy how builders are even allowed to cheap out by building housing with a stove vent hood that only vents indoors. One of the first things I did on my house when I moved in was replace the vent hood with a higher flow one, add a booster fan inline with the duct work, and replace the flex duct with sheet metal ducting. I can’t imagine cooking without it and I don’t even cook with gas.