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Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings as They Fight Mandatory Health Labels (news.slashdot.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/science@lemmy.world

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The home appliance industry would like you to believe that gas-burning stoves are not a risk to your health -- and several companies that make the devices are scrambling to erase their prior acknowledgements that they are.

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Price is coming down a lot. A cheap induction one is well within the price range of a regular one. Sometimes even cheaper.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

True. For me the main cost was the electrical wiring to bring the needed voltage to the kitchen. Which no one told me I needed until after I made the purchase. Oops.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You definitely want to look at the reviews though. When I started looking a couple years ago, the few less expensive models had really bad reviews from too small coils cooking slowly and unevenly