And, how does it compare to say water heaters and other sources of indoor gas use?
My understanding is that it’s a negligible concern. So I’d love actual numbers if you have them or know where I can find them.
They're required to vent outside.
> My understanding is that it’s a negligible concern.
You're responding to an article saying that it isn't a negligible concern.
My understanding, from something I’d read previously, was that no2 was not a big concern, and that amongst sources of no2, gas ranges were less of an issue than heaters and water heaters.
What I know is that no2 is higher outdoors. I just wonder if the danger isn’t being overstated, relative to other dangers.
For the record I favor a law requiring venting in rental units and new home construction. I wish that was what got passed because it seems like the health impacts of nonventilated cooktops of any sort, including electric, is a larger concern.
Natural gas, when burned, releases gas/VOC byproducts that PM2.5 filters cannot remove and while Activated Carbon can remove some of it, it doesn't scale well enough to be a solution (just in terms of cost alone, but also in terms of Activated Carbon's lifecycle).
I'm all for outdoor vents to be clear, even for electric/induction. I'm just pointing out that natural gas cooking has all the same downsides as any other food cooking does but with a whole host of additional ones that are far harder to mitigate.