This is already the case in many states, including CA.
Nationally, no. And I doubt it will be ever a national requirement.
Building codes, at least in the US, rarely are the province of federal rule-making, except for in the case of manufactured housing.
When I got my gas stove last year here in Berkeley, CA, there was no mention of a venting fan. When I was shopping for it, a sales clerk said they’re recommended but not required.
This is the code section in CA
In California, vent hoods are required that produce 100 cfm or more intermittently or produce 5 air exchanges in one hour.
This is required in all residential areas, remodeled homes, or areas that are 1000 square feet or larger.
The problem is that… many people also cook without turning the exhaust fan on. (they have the fan, but they don’t turn it on). It is much more common than most people admit.
There’s only so much that can be done to protect people from themselves.
Space heaters and candles are among the biggest causes of house fires yet nobody is suggesting banning them.
The candle lobby is too powerful.
I know I don’t… unless I am searing/grilling where I see smoke. Ideally, it’d be nice to have a connection from the cooktop to the hood that automates it.
Another issue I have not thought about is gas ovens (I don’t have any). Where do they vent to (if at all), and are there any issues with hydrocarbons being introduced into the food they are cooking? Simply dunno.
Yep, I’ve banned candles from my house. I told my husband that if he leaves the space heater plugged in while he’s not using it I will throw it in the trash. I have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen and three smoke/carbon monoxide detectors in my 975 foot house.
gas oven must ventilate. they burn ‘gas’ to make heat, to burn ‘gas’ it requires oxygen, the oxygen come from the room . . .
the Delaney Act was passed in 1958 and provides for ZERO cancer causing agents in food. back then it was test tubes and color charts to determine parts per thousand.
we’re now measuring parts per trillion.
strictly enforced, the Delaney Act would cause about 80% of all food products to disappear from the shelves.
the “killer gas stoves” is quite similar. look into the research and the levels of “contaminates” produced, then compare that to the level of “contaminates” required to be harmful to humans. then look into how many individuals are so sensitive the “contaminates” pose a danger.
same with Teflon. it’s all true, and it all - except for rare cases - is irrelevant.
YouTuber Adam Ragusea chimed in on this a few hours ago. Best watched at 2x speed.
Personally, I’m just tired of new laws, new rules & new regulations… Let me decide what I want and if I get sick from it or it shortens my life, so be it.
Many years ago, I lived at this one apartment complex and every other week there was some new rule that management put in place. It was one of the reasons I didn’t renew my lease there. I was just sick of hearing you can’t do this or you can’t do that.
If someone wants a gas stove as an option, advise them of the current science and if they still want it, so be it.
As an adult, let me make the decision… don’t make it for me.
I seem to recall having to get one the matched the btu’s on the cooktop. It was a major endeavor. It’s possible that it was a personal choice, which I would have made anyway, but I don’t think so.
This guy is an ex-journalist that clearly likes to hear himself talk… and why it takes him forever to get to the point.
" Exceptions:
I didn’t watch the entire video, so I don’t know if this guy is doing it. But from what I understand about youtubers, the longer the video, the more commercial breaks they can shove into the video and the more money they make off the video. If they are right on the cusp of being able to shove an extra commercial opportunity into the video, they’ll conveniently become long winded to get that commercial in.
Well we can’t force them to turn it on. I mean what do you want?
They make hoods with auto ons.
Ovens vent out the back of the rangetop.
What if you have ovens separate from the cooktop?
Then they vent another way.
This is true, because I have a gas stove and a vent, but no one on in my family thinks the vent is to remove the NO2 build up. It was to vent out smelly cooking smells and perhaps some of that greasy oily smoke. If I’m boiling water, or making instant noodles, I wouldn’t have even thought to turn it on. It’s only after reading that article that I now turn it in every time I turn on the stove. I know I can’t be alone in doing or thinking that way.
