At a recent management conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics, doctors proposed a resolution on kids's health and making use of "natural" gas inside. It notes "concerns going back practically a century to support caution in using natural gas, with current research studies attributing substantial pediatric asthma and lung disease threat to gas stove usage." In the 4th edition of the Pediatric Environmental Health (2019 ), pediatric health specialists wrote that "During the winter, typical indoor concentrations of nitrogen dioxide in houses with gas cooking stoves are as much as twice as high as outdoor levels."
Methane gas, skillfully promoted as "natural" gas, is an effective climate-changing greenhouse gas. The air quality team at Beyond Toxics recently finished an in-depth research study documenting how hazardous gasses build up at dangerous levels inside kitchens when cooking on a gas range.
I'm grateful our City Council is committed to shutting off the methane gas spigot. As the council establishes a domestic gas ordinance that can withstand the inescapable court challenges from the gas market, let's bear in mind that past regulations to prevent direct exposure to asbestos, lead paint and pre-owned smoke were embraced regardless of market's protestations. City governments, consisting of
Eugene, are doing the best thing to phase out making use of methane gas appliances.
Lisa Arkin
Executive Director, Beyond Toxics
Eugene
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