Gas stoves kill 40,000 people in Europe every year, twice as many people die from toxic gases from stoves as from car accidents. According to research conducted in the European Union and the United Kingdom, the problem of gas stoves is more serious than we previously thought – you can read The Guardianson.
A team from the Environmental Health Research Laboratory at the Jaume I University in Spain prepared the study that shows the number of deaths that can be linked to gas stoves. 36,031 people die every year in the EU, and a further 3,928 deaths are recorded in the UK. Only the health effects of nitrogen dioxide were taken into account, not other gases such as carbon monoxide and benzene.
The study's lead author said it had been known since 1978 that nitrogen dioxide pollution was much higher in kitchens with gas stoves than electric stoves. However, every third household in the EU cooks with gas, and more than 60% of households have gas stoves here, in Italy, the Netherlands and Romania.
These stoves emit harmful substances that enter the bronchi and lungs.
The report, supported by the European Climate Foundation, builds on research conducted last year measuring indoor air quality to see how much indoor air pollution is increased by gas cooking. In this way, it was possible to determine the ratio of indoor to outdoor air pollution when cooking with gas, and indoor NO2 exposure was mapped.
Hazard ratios for diseases in outdoor nitrogen dioxide studies were then used to calculate mortality. The European Union tightened rules on outdoor air quality this month, but did not set standards for indoor air quality. The European Public Health Association (EPHA) has urged policymakers to phase out gas stoves, reduce emissions, and force manufacturers to classify stoves according to pollution risks.
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