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lompadtoday at 8:18 AM2 repliesview on HN

>Asthma looks to be mostly caused by gas stoves.

Do you have a source for that? Because as far as I can see, asthma isn't _that_ less common in countries where gas stoves are barely used, such as germany. Still has like 60-70% of the asthma cases the US has. There's also a ton of other pollutants the US hasn't yet forbidden, but the EU has, which could also explain a lot of the difference in rates.

Don't get me wrong, it's certainly a good idea to get rid of gas stoves. I just think it's a bit much to declare them the primary cause of asthma.


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d2323today at 10:12 AM

This was in the news last month and might be referring to the same source

'Replacing gas stove can help asthmatics as much as some drugs, US experts find'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/24/replacin...

agostoday at 8:41 AM

Germany has a ton of NO2 for other reasons, for example diesel motors

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