Gas stoves cause more pollution

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Cooking with a gas stove 'creates more pollution than busy roads'

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Gas stoves release two harmful pollutants called NO2 and PM2.5 fine particles.

NO2 can lead to health issues like inflamed airways while aggravating existing heart and lung diseases.

Instead of a gas stove, experts say people should use a trendy induction hob.

Induction cooktops are safer than gas because they don't emit as much pollutants.

EPA calls these pollutants 'criteria' air pollutants because it regulates them by developing human health-based and environmentally-based criteria for setting permissible levels.

Breathing air with a high concentration of CO reduces the amount of oxygen that can be transported in the blood stream to critical organs like the heart and brain.

At very high levels CO can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and death.

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