https://www.futurity.org/cooking-fuels-developmental-delays-2983382/
"Researchers looked at indoor air pollution exposure and early childhood
development in a sample of more than 4,000 mother-child pairs in the United
States.
“Exposure to unclean cooking fuel and passive smoke during pregnancy and in
early life are associated with developmental delays in children,” says
Alexandra Grippo, first author of the study in the journal
Environmental
Research.
“While cigarette smoke is known to be harmful during pregnancy, cooking fuel
may not be viewed the same way,” says Grippo, who worked on the study while
pursuing her master’s in epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Health
Professions at the University at Buffalo.
“Gas stoves are a main contributor to indoor carbon monoxide and nitrogen
dioxide levels, with some families using them multiple times a day. Infants and
young children spend more time indoors and are particularly vulnerable to
indoor pollutants because they are not fully developed.”
Clean fuel use refers to cooking with electricity, including a microwave, and
heating using either electricity or solar power, while unclean fuel users
include those who used one or more fuels other than electricity.
While gas stoves have come under fire in recent years as cities around the
country have moved to ban them in new buildings, the researchers stress that
this study focused on more than just natural gas.
“We found that children exposed to any unclean cooking fuel had an increased
risk of developmental delays,” says Kexin Zhu, co-first author who worked on
the research as an epidemiology PhD student. Zhu is now a postdoctoral
associate in the Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment
Science."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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