But because this benzene pollution happens behind closed doors – at dinnertime in homes across the country – there hasn't been any investigation. There is no inexpensive consumer benzene detector. Families are left vulnerable to #GasStove pollution.

Or this time in Weld County Colorado

An oven at 475 degrees for 90 mins (settings to preheat the oven and roast a chicken) sometimes created benzene levels in bedrooms that, if detected outdoors, could prompt immediate investigation, like this time in Torrance, California

We tested common cooking scenarios: A single burner on high for 45 mins (chicken soup from scratch), Oven at 350 degrees for 45 mins (say, homemade lasagna) These settings created benzene levels that are comparable to second-hand smoke.

We found that not only does the benzene drift throughout the house, but it stays in the air for hours. If you cook dinner at 7 pm, you could breathe benzene in your bedroom at 10 pm. This animation gives a good overview of our findings:

What we’re finding is consistent but also surprising. Burning gas or propane to cook frequently creates high concentrations of #benzene in our kitchens, and throughout the whole house.

I grew up with a gas stove and never thought twice about it. I assumed #CookingWithGas was safe. Now, my colleagues and I have been hauling a 150 lb benzene analyzer into people's homes and testing benzene emissions from stoves. Full study here: https://t.co/1JvFTma8Aq 🧵

😷🔥🍳"Using a single gas-stove burner can raise indoor concentrations of benzene, which is linked to cancer risk, to above what’s found in secondhand tobacco smoke." via @nytimes cc @YannaiKashtan @HirokoTabuchi #GetOffGas

Thank you @HirokoTabuchi for exposing how the gas industry is lying to the lawmakers and the public by telling people gas stoves are safe (they are not). The industry is even using the same experts-for-hire as the tobacco industry.

I'll stick around here tweeting about indoor air pollution and fossil fuel funding and whatnot, but I'm looking forward to a farewell to Muskolini's twitter.

Great video of @YannaiKashtan speaking with @simonoxfphys about @CoalitionTrue's campaign for Stanford's School Sustainability @stanforddoerr to refuse fossil fuel funding. https://t.co/rEFCe8046X

retweet if you think the government should just stop oil

Fossil-funded research? @YannaiKashtan, @jaysontoweh and I aren't fans. You'll read why in our short piece in Nature.

Glad to have worked with Thom and Yannai in writing this article on the importance of universities cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry #FossilFreeStanford #FossilFreeResearch

Out today in Nature Correspondence. Universities, including the @stanforddoerr school, must cut ties with fossil fuel companies in order to preserve their academic integrity.

.@Stanford’s new Doerr School of Sustainability is under fire for accepting money from fossil fuel companies, igniting a debate about the influence of the industry on climate research. #HigherEd

Well said @RockyMtnInst

New @NatureEnergyJnl study shows reports & Tweets by Big-Oil-funded research centers at @Stanford @MIT @Columbia systematically favor fossil gas over renewables. "The positive sentiment towards gas is indistinguishable from the American Gas Assoc'n". 1/n

BREAKING: Oil money corrupts academia — and there's now empirical proof. When climate research centers take fossil fuel funding, @Columbia economists found, their output disproportionately favors fossil fuel interests: THREAD https://t.co/U6DHuP01jd