Gas cookers pump out toxic particles linked to childhood asthma, report finds 

Burning gas to cook food releases pollutants that hurt the lungs and inflame airways.

Gas cookers are pumping toxic particles linked to childhood asthma into kitchens, living rooms, and bedrooms across Europe, a report has found.

Dutch scientists measured the air quality in 247 homes and found average levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were almost twice as high in those cooking with gas as in those cooking without. One in four homes with gas cookers breached hourly pollution levels set by the World Health Organisation, while none of the homes in the control group, which used electric cookers, broke the limits.