New report explains why gas stoves and pipelines are so toxic for New Yorkers
During a virtual press conference held on Thursday, a coalition of state legislators, doctors and scientists called on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to pass the NY Home Energy Affordable Transition Act — a bill that would empower the state’s utility regulator to downsize and decommission the natural gas network of pipelines and plants.
The report outlines and reasserts how appliances running on natural gas are responsible for many pollutants released inside homes, including nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and benzene. Previous compendiums were instrumental in banning gas fracking in New York in 2014. In the U.S., children living in a home with a gas stove have an increased risk of asthma by 42%. The report also demonstrates that the indoor concentrations of nitrogen dioxide range from 50% to 400% higher in U.S. homes with gas stoves than those with electric stoves. Chronic exposure is linked to cancer and heart disease.
The measure aims to make energy providers compliant with New York state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which mandates an economywide greenhouse gas emissions drop of 40% by 2030 and a drop of no less than 85% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.With every deep breath, humans take two cups of air into their lungs. In that single breath, Steingraber said people also take in benzene and nitrogen dioxide as a result of gas-fired appliances in their homes.
Nitrogen dioxide turns into nitric acid when it enters the lungs, which can cause wheezing and asthma attacks. It also harms the lungs’ immune cells, which can make people more vulnerable to respiratory illnesses such as flu and pneumonia.
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