
About 35 percent of American kitchens have gas stovetops, which previous research has shown to have higher levels of nitrogen dioxide.
PARIS – Cooking with gas indoors has been linked to 12.7 percent of all childhood asthma cases in the United States, a new study has found, comparing its effect on health to that of second-hand smoking.
The research prompted calls, including from US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, for more Americans to use electric and induction stovetops, as well as criticism from the gas lobby.
Around 35 percent of American kitchens have gas stovetops, which previous research has shown to