Is It Safe To Cook With A Gas Stove? Yes, But Only If You Take 1 Very Important Step

HuffPost · Emily Laurence Sardinha · 2026-11-04 12:00 UTC

Food safety experts, air quality experts and pulmonologists all agree on this.

In 2023, when New York became the first state to ban natural gas stoves in new buildings, it sparked a sudden fear about the safety of gas stoves. Should we be using them at all? And if we are using them, should we be more careful? Is the worry more about the safety of the building or is it more directly related to our health?

“When we talk about kitchen safety, we need to think beyond what’s on the plate to what’s in the air,” Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert, professor at Northeastern University and author of “Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions,” told HuffPost.

If the only time you open a window when you’re cooking is if you set off the smoke detector, you could be jeopardizing your health without even realizing it.

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