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These homes replaced their gas stoves – and saw a huge drop in indoor pollution

These homes replaced their gas stoves – and saw a huge drop in indoor pollution

Pilot program in the Bronx, New York, found striking differences in the levels of harmful indoor chemicals after the switchWhat happens when you replace a gas stove, recently linked to one-eighth of all US asthma cases, with an induction stove? A recent program in New York offered tenants the chance to do just that, and found striking differences in the levels of harmful indoor chemicals after the switch.The pilot program took place in a 96-unit public housing building outfitted with gas stoves in the Bronx. Twenty low-income households participated, and at the beginning of the study half were given induction stoves, which use electricity to heat the cookware directly and don’t emit pollutants.

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