Benzene is among the pollutants gas stoves emit into homes, Stanford University researchers show. The toxin is linked to a higher risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers.
The bottom of this EPA Document says that following the lifetime limit of benzene exposure will result in a likelihood of developing cancer at 1 in a million chances.
The article didn’t mention exposure limits, but I would think that stovetop production of benzene is far less than industrial sources of exposure such as the oil industry or on tankers, that the federal limits were created for.
… Huh. So it seems like a gas stove at home won’t actually add thaaat much cancer risk?
restaurants with commercial gas ranges also have commercial exhaust hoods.
i wonder if a home with gas range AND effective exhaust systems would reduce or eliminate the indoor pollutants from the gas cook top?
