According to the researchers, gas stoves are estimated to lead to 40,000 premature deaths each year in the European Union and Britain, shaving off roughly two years of an average person's life span.
Gas stoves have led to more than a million annual asthma cases. Those cases in children alone cost an estimated $4.3 billion in additional health spending.
Over the last few years, study after study has shown that those circles of blue flame emit nitrogen oxides that are harmful to human health along with other planet-warming gases.
One is nitrogen oxide, a lung irritant and asthma trigger that can worsen an existing condition or lead to new cases of asthma. Another is benzene, a known human carcinogen.
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