042 // What You Need To Know About Kitchen Ventilation
We spend a lot of time in our kitchens, but do you know what’s in the air when you operate your stove or cook food?
It sounds a bit silly, but cooking can actually be dangerous!
Cooking puts a lot of toxins into your air, so whenever you're cooking, those toxins are releasing into your air and you're breathing them in.
With proper ventilation, you're curbing a lot of those toxins from getting into your air, which is why a ventilation system is so important for a healthy home!
Today's podcast episode dives into the kinds of toxins found in your kitchen air and the best ventilation options to help minimize and remove them.
What You’ll Discover:
- How a mechanical engineer can help keep the air in your home healthy
- Why it’s important to ventilate your kitchen
- What you can do to mitigate the dangers and toxins in your kitchen air
- What particulate matter (PM) is and how it’s released into the air through cooking
- Why an induction stove is healthier than a gas stove
- The best practices for using range hoods
- What makeup air is and why it’s needed with a range hood