When we think about fossil fuels, we often fixate on the trade-offs between their economic and energy utility and their damage to the climate. The case in their favour gets a whole lot weaker when you factor in toxic pollution and its effects on health.
For example, while they may have been effectively marketed as glamorous and gourmet, gas stoves can create “indoor pollution worse than car traffic” and a recent study found them linked to 1/8 US asthma cases.
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A December 2022 study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that indoor gas stove usage is associated with an increased risk of current asthma among children. The study found that almost 13% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to gas stove use.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/business/gas-stove-ban-federal-agency/index.html
University of Saskatchewan chemist says it might be the time to let go of gas stoves | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/chemist-says-maybe-goodbye-gas-stove-1.6713614