{"id":1704904,"date":"2022-10-20T21:03:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T01:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704904"},"modified":"2022-10-20T21:03:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T01:03:45","slug":"study-california-gas-stoves-leak-dangerous-chemicals-including-cancer-causing-benzene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-california-gas-stoves-leak-dangerous-chemicals-including-cancer-causing-benzene\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: California Gas Stoves Leak Dangerous Chemicals, Including Cancer-Causing Benzene"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-california-gas-stoves-leak-dangerous-chemicals-including-cancer-causing-benzene%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1704904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">A recent study revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gas<\/a> units in many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> homes are leaking harmful chemicals, such as cancer-causing benzene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The findings were <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.2c02581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/environmentalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental<\/a> Science and Technology\u00a0journal on Thursday, and the study included 185 unburned natural gas collections from 159 residential stoves in seven areas of California. Throughout the research, 12 hazardous air pollutants were frequently found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The study <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.est.2c02581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimated<\/a> that benzene emissions, which are not currently counted by the state, are the same as the yearly benzene emissions that come from almost 60,000 gas vehicles. It also pointed out that natural gas can leak from ovens and stoves even when they aren\u2019t running and result in benzene exposure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The report could have an impact on policies regarding the construction of new homes in California, especially since the state has attempted to quickly shift to renewable energy and away from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhat our science shows is that people in California are exposed to potentially hazardous levels of benzene from the gas that is piped into their homes,\u201d Drew Michanowicz, a co-author of the study and senior scientist at PSE Healthy Energy, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/science-health-california-cancer-climate-and-environment-83c87000f5c52692431218842378a089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe hope that policymakers will consider this data when they are making policy to ensure current and future policies are health-protective in light of this new research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Environmentalists and local authorities in California and Massachusetts have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/20\/climate\/gas-stove-benzene-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to get rid of<\/a> gas appliances and replace them with electric equipment, but with California\u2019s electric grid becoming more and more of a concern, the shift might not be favorable to residents who have already experienced rolling blackouts and requests to cut back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In August, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enr.com\/articles\/54612-massachusetts-enacts-major-climate-bill-with-gas-hookup-bans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed<\/a> clean energy legislation that permits some local areas to prohibit new natural gas hookups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Benzene exposure is known to increase the risk of someone getting leukemia, as well as other blood disorders, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/about-cancer\/causes-prevention\/risk\/substances\/benzene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Cancer Institute<\/a>. It is a \u201ccolorless or light-yellow liquid chemical at room temperature.\u201d The chemical can also be in adhesives, glues, and cleaning supplies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAnywhere natural gas is leaked, hazardous air pollutants are likely being released, as well,\u201d Kelsey Bilsback, another co-author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/gas-stoves-leak-benzene-chemicals-linked-cancer-rcna52948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBenzene emissions from a gas stove, even while it\u2019s off, can produce in some cases concentrations of benzene in your house that are equivalent to living with a smoker,\u201d co-author Eric Lebel said. \u201cJust having a gas appliance in your house can be a potential health risk. Eliminating gas altogether is the only sure way to completely eliminate that risk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study revealed that gas units in many California homes are leaking harmful chemicals, such as cancer-causing benzene. The findings were published in the Environmental Science and Technology\u00a0journal on Thursday, and the study included 185 unburned natural gas collections from 159 residential stoves in seven areas of California. Throughout the research, 12 hazardous air &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1704907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1704904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1704904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1704907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1704904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1704904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1704904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}