Worse Than Car Crashes

Pollutants from gas stoves annually kill more Europeans (in the EU and the UK), than car crashes. A detailed study considered only the health-damaging effects of nitrogen dioxide, ignoring the impacts of carbon monoxide and benzene derivatives. It consequently produced a conservative estimate of 40,000 annual deaths. The harmful gases released by gas stoves, have been strongly linked to heart and lung diseases. Overall, the study suggested they cut nearly 2 years off a person's life (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/pollutants-from-gas-stoves-kill-40000-europeans-each-year-report-finds). Cooking can also be done efficiently with air friers and induction hobs. They should replace gas hobs and ovens. These findings also provide another good reason to replace gas central heating with heat pumps. The home should never be less healthy than the motorway!