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Gas stoves pollute homes with benzene, which is linked to cancer (www.npr.org)

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Benzene is among the pollutants gas stoves emit into homes, Stanford University researchers show. The toxin is linked to a higher risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You'll love it. It's far faster than gas at heating and it can run low enough to melt chocolate without a water bath.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Just the ease of cleaning 100% justifies switching from gas to any flat-top electric. Even modern resistive ones. You don't even need arguments over which heats a pan faster or subjectively cooks "better", nor arguments about the danger of inside-the-house gas infrastructure or the possible health effects of the combustion.

Let's be honest, nearly all of the home cooks who swear that the gas ranges cook things better don't have a fraction of the expertise and authority to confidently make such a claim.

The new place I moved into a few years ago had a modern, cheap electric cooker with a resistive range. It has one 5000W electric burner. It works absolutely as well as my gas range in my old house did for cooking and possibly better -- it boils a pot of water faster and doesn't make the room hot. But the thing I notice and think about all the time is how I basically never cleaned the gas range because it was difficult and miserable. But I keep this electric one spotless with just a few swipes from a damp towel when I am done cooking.