Our homes are supposed to be the safest place we have, and when we are inside the home we tend to be totally relaxed while isolated from outside threats. However, and although it is rare, there are times when we are in danger at home, either because old devices or appliances fail and cause a short circuit, or due to any other type of accident.
Within all the rooms of the house, we can all agree that The kitchen is the place where there are the most dangersand the fact is that fires, knives or the appliances themselves are potential threats to our health and integrity.
Now, a recent investigation by the Jaume I University of Castellón has discovered an appliance present in thousands of homes in our country that has been detected as one of the main causes of domestic deaths. The truth is that surely no one is surprised that they are dangerous, but what is surprising is the high number of annual deaths it causes.
These are gas stoveswhich according to researchers causes approximately 40,000 premature deaths per year in Europe. It is not something new, since since this type of stove began to be used to replace charcoal and wood stoves, it was known that the use of gas was quite dangerous.
This research indicates that lPollution is the main cause of these deaths, although as I explained the director of the laboratory in charge of the research, Juana María Delgado, in an interview on SER, nitrogen dioxide (NO?), is one of the many components produced by gas stoves, but “There are other contaminants” that could also be harmful.
With this he is suggesting that The death toll could be much higher because they have not yet been able to grasp the full dimension of the problem and that this is just “the tip of the iceberg.”. “There are contaminants that we have not been able to account for” says the expert.
In Spain, this study estimates that gas stoves are related to 2,000 premature deaths a year, solely caused by NO?, but there could be many more if other components were studied. Delgado offered two key points if you have gas stoves, first of all, it is cruciall have the kitchen well ventilated at all timesbut especially while it is being used. At the same time that Turning on the extractor hood should be automatic What do we do when we are going to use the gas stove.
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