Pollution caused by gas stoves can be carcinogenic

Using a gas stove releases a large amount of benzene, which is one of the main causes of leukemia and other cancers. In a recent study by scientists, the use of gas stoves will pollute homes and its inhalation can be more harmful than the inhalation of indirect cigarette smoke.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, Stanford University researchers in their research succeeded in calculating the amount of benzene pollution caused by the use of gas stoves at home. According to them, 30% of the 87 homes surveyed in California and Colorado reached high levels of pollution, which was higher than the average concentration of this substance in cigarette smoke.

According to researchers, this contamination can be transferred from the kitchen to other rooms, especially the bedroom, and stay there for a long time. Ventilation can reduce the effects of this gas to some extent. Conventional hoods cannot do a good job of removing this gas.

On the other hand, another type of stoves, which are under electric stoves, do not produce toxic substances like benzene, and the amount of benzene produced in them is 10 to 25 times lower than that of ordinary gas stoves. Rob Jackson, a professor at Stanford University and one of the researchers of this study said: One of the main reasons for this study was the rapid concentration of pollutants in your home and the thought that this is happening every day. After this study, he declared that he will never use gas stoves in his house. A blood and cancer specialist has said about this substance that it can never be found more powerful than benzene as a substance that causes blood cancer.