Gas cooking linked to over 12% of childhood asthma cases

Gas cooking linked to over 12% of childhood asthma cases – US study

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 07, 2023 9:30 pm

PARIS: Cooking with gas indoors has been linked to 12.7 percent of all childhood asthma cases in the United States, a new study has found, comparing its effect on health to that of second-hand smoking.

The research prompted calls, including from US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, for more Americans to use electric and induction stovetops, as well as criticism from the gas lobby.

Gas burns on a stovetop in Brighton, southern England, United Kingdom on Feb. 2, 2022. AFP FILE PHOTO

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