The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.

Pollution from gas stoves accounts for more than half of some [US] Americans’ total exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a toxin linked to asthma, a study in the academic journal PNAS Nexus concludes. The findings, published this month, provide the first nationwide, community-level estimates of residential NO2 exposure.

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    6 days ago

    They do make induction wok burners!

    Gas is definitely more accessible but I figured I’d mention for other wok enjoyers who do not know

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      5 days ago

      Do they make induction wok burners where you can constantly toss the wok while the induction element still works? Last I saw, the induction wok has to be stationary to heat.

      I have electric, would prefer induction, and the only case I’d really want gas is to quickly char peppers directly over the flame.

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        4 days ago

        Not sure, I think that induction in general requires really close proximity. You can definitely spin the wok / toss to some extent but it is lacking in some movement.

        One of those tradeoffs where it’s a lot more convenient if you’re not using a wok every day because it stows away in a drawer