Asthma patients in Australia say more homes should move away from gas stoves based on new research released last week.
Victorian father Sam, who has asthma, has moved homes several times in order to mitigate the risks of his exposure to harmful gas.Research from Australia and now the United States has linked gas stoves to childhood asthma.Experts say there's a range of other options for residents.In his classroom in India, the schoolboy suffered a major asthma attack. He struggled to breathe as his father rushed him to a medical centre, where he waited hours for a doctor to see him.
"My grandparents were die-hard fans of wood heaters and all the aromas you have during Ramadan and other festivities," he said.His room in his childhood home was close to the kitchen."So, very late in life, I realised that all my external trigger factors were basically due to the particle matters that came out of the smoke," he said.
That recent research has triggered a wave of debate in the US, with conservatives criticising calls for gas cooktops to be removed from households.In Australia, the Victorian government last year announced it was phasing out new gas installations for residential and commercial spaces. "We know gas emits a range of toxic pollutants, and this is linked to 12 per cent of childhood asthma burden," Michele Goldman, Asthma Australia CEO, told SBS News.
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