American scientists from Purdue University in Indiana have discovered that when cooking on a gas stove, more nanoparticles are released into the air than in the exhaust of cars running on gasoline or diesel fuel. The study was published in the scientific journal magazine PNAS Port.
Experts focused on nanoparticles with a diameter of 1-3 nanometers. They easily penetrate the respiratory system and accumulate there, causing the development of asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Using state-of-the-art air quality measurement equipment, scientists were able to measure the levels of nanoparticles in a specially designed room. They found that when one kilogram of fuel is burned in a gas stove, up to 10 quadrillion nanocluster aerosol particles are released into the air.
This means that adults and children will inhale 10 to 100 times more nanocluster aerosol when cooking on a gas stove indoors than when standing on a busy street.
Models have shown that nanocluster aerosols are very stable. Trillions of these particles were released in just 20 minutes after boiling water or frying pancakes.
The aerosol of nanoclusters produced by burning the gas can also easily mix with larger particles released into the air from oil and other products.
Scientists recommend always using a hood when cooking.
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