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. 2024 Feb 28;132(2):022001. doi: 10.1289/EHP14180

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Two graphs on the left track burner and oven emissions with lines representing nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane rising as time passes. In the right-hand image, a gray cloud with the text “2.8 to 6.5 micrograms benzene per minute” has one arrow pointing to a soup pot on a gas burner and another to the oven door — Incomplete combustion of natural gas during normal operation of home appliances generates measurable levels of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxides, left, and benzene, right. Images: Lebel et al. (2022), left⁵; Kashtan et al. (2023), right¹⁰; both CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/].