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Old 01-11-2023, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MrChip72 View Post
This was found in studies where some people were oblivious to the fact that you need to operate a vent fan at all times while using an indoor gas cooking appliance. Some people in the studies were even operating a gas range with no hood fan installed in their home, which is illegal. If you run your hood fan before you use your stove and let it run a little after, the asthma rates suddenly drop to close to zero.
I would say TV builders must be oblivious too because I have a gas stove in my new home in Hawkins and it has a fan over it, which is on the bottom of the microwave, but it doesn’t vent to anywhere. It just recirculates the air around into the room.