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Asthma link to gas
By Imran Khan
PEOPLE using gas cookers in their kitchens, increase the risk of their children developing health problems, according to a new report.
A study compiled by the NGO CLASP, the European Public Health Alliance, and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, suggests gas cookers are breaching air pollution limits in homes.
The data gathered for the report suggests people
Report on cooking gas.
who cook using gas, without proper ventilation, are at major risk. This is due to the build up of nitrogen dioxide, which constantly exceeds the European Union pollution standards as well as the World Health
Organisation’s air quality guidelines. The study also found that gas ovens produce huge quantities of carbon monoxide. This is considered extremely dangerous and can cause major lungrelated problems.
In 2022, the report states that more than 700,000 cases of child asthma in the EU, were linked to cooking gas.
Estimates state that more than 100 million homes in the EU are dependent on cooking gas.
