Gas Stoves & Indoor Air Pollution
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Courtesy Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH
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The aggregate health consequences of poor indoor air quality—of which cooking is the major but not sole source—are as significant as those from all traffic accidents or infectious diseases in the United States.
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