Fumes in your kitchen?

A June 12 article by Kristy Dyer, Natural gas appliances are bad for your health, exposes the risks caused by gas stoves in homes.

Gas flame kitchen stove

If you flambé, sear, broil or fry in your kitchen, please invite me over for dinner. The Maillard reaction makes the food delicious but it can produce deadly chemicals, not to mention the particulates that set off your smoke detector.

If you have a natural gas stove (or other natural gas appliances), combusting natural gas creates nitrogen oxide. Nitrogen oxide causes inflammation of the airways, reduced lung function and worsening asthma.

Nitrogen oxide is emitted when natural gas appliances work as they were intended. But there is a lot more natural gas escaping into the air in your home than you might expect. Natural gas fittings in the walls can leak. Natural gas appliances can leak gas at a low level even when they are off and even when you can see the flame, not all the gas is consumed.

Read the full article on Castanet.