indoor air pollution

  “Kill Your Gas Stove. It’s bad for you, and the environment. If you can afford to avoid it, you probably should." 
"Clean cooking is commonly defined as cooking with fuels and stove combinations that meet the standards set by the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality.”
Clean air is essentially a negative; it results from everyone not polluting.
The study involved 20 households in a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) building slated for electrification from February to July last year.
The air pollution epidemiology literature includes morbidity studies involving specific indoor exposures such as smoking or gas cooking, but comprehensive studies contrasting indoor with outdoor environments are lacking.
Gas stoves are a threat to health and have larger climate impact than previously known, study shows CNN
Infants and toddlers spend 80-90% of their time indoors.
It is not one world, culturally or economically. For many in the developing world, indoor air pollution comes from the open fires and solid fuels they use to cook.
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