Gas stove pollution harms poor and minority Americans the most, due in part to different home sizes, study says

Key Facts

• The new findings in Science Advances are the first to measure gas stove nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution across home types, race, income and cooking habits, and then calculate the cost of preventable childhood asthma cases.
• Using established epidemiological relationships, the researchers also estimated that gas and propane stoves contribute to as many as 19,000 adult deaths annually in the US, as well as 200,000 childhood asthma cases and $1 billion in societal harm.
• She said people of color and low-income individuals are more likely to live in smaller, older apartments that have poor ventilation, ineffective or broken range hoods and dated appliances that leak more gas.
• While tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act can help reduce the price of an electric stove, the researchers said stronger regulations are needed to help households switch and keep gas out of new buildings.

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