Cooking with gas? You may have air quality that would be ilegal if found outside! (Updated)

Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds that "interior air quality in homes that cook with a gas stove can reach pollutant levels that would be illegal if found outdoors."

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Contaminates include nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, and carbon monoxide.


The article also touches on range hood effectiveness:

"Previous studies have found that range hoods vary widely in their effectiveness at removing pollutants. In a laboratory study of seven models ranging from $40 to $650, Singer found capture efficiencies ranging from 15 to 98 percent, and also found that a higher price did not guarantee better performance."

*** Update
A more complete new release published by the Berkeley Lab can be found here.

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gas stove can reach pollutant levels that would be illegal if found outdoors - See more at: http://ieconnections.com/studies-find-cooking-with-gas-is-major-contributor-to-poor-iaq-p217-90.htm?sthash.MQISJNOV.mjjo&goback=%2Egde_148546_member_261072818#sthash.MQISJNOV.m1pWD1Hg.dpuf

gas stove can reach pollutant levels that would be illegal if found outdoors - See more at: http://ieconnections.com/studies-find-cooking-with-gas-is-major-contributor-to-poor-iaq-p217-90.htm?sthash.MQISJNOV.mjjo&goback=%2Egde_148546_member_261072818#sthash.MQISJNOV.m1pWD1Hg.dpuf