Comments on: If You Cook With Gas Are You Putting Your Family At Risk?

By: David

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 20:55:20 +0000

Hi Len, there are many sources to this asthma problem.

As seen with the recent US contaminated processed baby food that gets the OK stamp of approval from the FDA, GMO pollen in the air, polymers and chemicals used for clothing or crib matts or toys etc. that are known to releases toxic gas and or leaching chemicals into packaged food etc. Best to stick with natural materials rather than artificial.

The larger problem with gas, other than gas leak dangers, is deadly carbon monoxide. carbon monoxide detectors (installed like regular smoke detectors) should be a legal requirement in the same way smoke detectors are now.
I grew up in a gas range and heated house up to the age of around 7, everybody was okay. In saying that, the dangers of gas leaks should be a basic knowledge for anybody that uses it. I once witnessed an official gas service repair guy, in the Midwest, come to my then bad rental house to check a leak that the slum lord failed to mention. The idiot went to switch on the main light in the basement where the obvious gas leak was !!! That did not fill me with confidence of his “qualifications”. Luckily, I had previously switched off the main power box just in case somebody tried to use any electrics before the leak was fixed.

(It is also worth checking for radon gas in your housing area, anywhere that is built on or of granite rock produces low radioactive radon gas. You can get smoke detector like devices installed for that too.)

We all need clean air, clean water and clean natural food to be healthy. It is a basic nessesity for life on the planet.

Poor air quality is not all down to China, or gas. In 1952 London, the smog was so bad it killed 4000 people (1952 the city population was around 8 million). That was not so much “gas” as it was cheap coal used by all industry and residential housing 24/7, then you had dense city lead lined vehicle emissions on top of that.

Other nations bad for pollution are Africa, America and India. US soda companies have destroyed many river ecosystems around the world, US corporations happily exploit Chinese industrial manufacturing for cheap goods to sell in America, Monsanto and other chemical corporations (Bayer AG and DuPont) are happy to dump toxic chemicals everywhere so much that there is a long line of current lawsuits filed against them (DuPonts ‘Agent Orange’ is still a problem in Asian water tables, look up a movie called ‘Dark Waters’ for pollution in America), India happily pollutes the world with little to no industrial regulations as it recycles the worlds unwanted goods (also, remember Union carbide?), Africa is constantly ransacked and destroyed by many nations for its mineral resources while trashing the ecosystems and African lives. This is not a smart way to “evolve”.

People should think twice about that “attractive” new car smell, it is the “fresh smell” of toxic solvents, rubber chemicals, plastics and adhesives. Not very healthy to breath in, especially in a confined area like a vehicle. Something to remember when “child onboard”.

There are many sources to consider regarding the cause of asthma. Stick to natural materials, natural foods, plant some trees to help clean up the air quality and, think about what we are about to buy. Do we really need these pointless toxic chemicals for “air freshener” or to just literally flush money down the clean toilet or unblocked drain to “smell nicer” than no odour at all ? (Pointless CON$umerism).
That is a good place to start a clean up. Boycotting plastic is another. Who wants to live in a vile sewer that spreads disease ?
I also suspect that the effects of ionized air (electric pollution) is another source for asthma. Then there is false diagnosis to sell inhalers, in the same way that diabetes is big money, they know fine well what causes it but they refuse to stop it. Money is more important than life itself to these people. Zero ethics.

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By: lenrosen4

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:15:10 +0000

Hi David, Our physicological understanding of what causes childhood respiratory distress is fairly recent. We know that ground-level ozone is linked to asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases. We also know that nitrous oxides affect the developing lungs of children. Remember the one organ we are born with that only starts getting used after leaving the birth canal is our lungs. They do not fully develop for several years and can easily be compromised in the first few years of life by exposure to noxious gasses. In this case it is badly maintained gas ranges that leak nitrous oxides after being shut off that is seen as the culprit.

My daughter just moved into a house with a gas range. She has a toddler. I asked her to have someone qualified to come in and check that the appliance is running properly with no leaks. This is something that should also be considered if you have immune compromised people living in a home, or the elderly who may also have lung issues.

Bad air in China creates excess mortality rates of 3 to 5 million per year. Ignoring bad air is both bad policy and bad politics.

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By: David

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 12:46:38 +0000

I find it hard to believe that gas is the cause of asthma. People have been using gas for longer than asthma. In the 1970’s inhalers and allergies were rare, by the 1990’s – early 2000’s there was a huge increase per capita. What changed ?
Cookware coatings (often toxic, some also release toxic gas when heated), toxic packaging materials and dubious “food additives”, artificial sweeteners that are worse than natural sugar, microwave ovens. Household chemicals also changed. Another thing that changed a lot was gmo. Asthma, = gas or the list of other changes I mentioned above?
There are chemicals in plastic food containers that will also mess up hormones, a much more credible source of bad health.
Problem with all forms of energy corporations is that; 1, they are very greedy with prices. 2, they are politically motivated. 3, they are corrupt.

Gas is #1 for cooking because you can have full control of the temperature. #2 is fire, not very convenient and requires skill. #3 is electric, cheap to make, very expensive to buy, slow to heat, often uneven heat, very convenient, safer than gas (explosion hazard compared to electrocution hazard).
When it comes to rental housing, you get what you get be it electric or gas. Rentals seldom change the fuel type. As for the environment, all are bad. Fossil fuels pollute, gas pollutes, electric pollutes in several ways pending on how it’s turbines are powered.

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