Gas stoves in several Vancouver, B.C., homes have been found to produce the most toxic benzene emissions of 17 North American cities analyzed in a new study.
The research, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters Tuesday by researchers from Stanford University and the research institute PSE Healthy Energy, examined 481 unburned natural gas samples collected in 2021 and 2022.
After testing for hydrocarbons and dozens of hazardous air pollutants, the researchers found 97 per cent of the samples contained benzene — a toxic compound that through chronic exposure has been found to cause blood cancers like leukemia.
But the cities varied wildly in how much benzene was in their
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