The New York Times posted a blog on July 22 that was music to our ears. It said what we know to be true in our own tests at Vent-A-Hood about the need for good kitchen ventilation. And we’re hoping that the headline of the Healthy Consumer column resonated with thousands of readers. Range hoods are serious business!
The title of the story was a warning in itself: “The Kitchen as a Pollution Hazard.” You see, those wonderful aromas from your kitchen don’t come without possible consequences. As the article said, people who cook in the kitchen are engaging in an act of ‘controlled combustion.’ More exactly:
…frying, grilling or toasting foods with gas and electric appliances creates particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and volatile organic compounds.
(All hail The New York Times. This is very true. Read the full blog here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/the-kitchen-as-a-pollution-hazard/?_r=1)
And this underscores the need for an effective range hood. But we’ll let The New York Times and a study mentioned in the article do the talking for us. Yes, you need that range hood to ventilate to the outside of the home. And, despite a lack of regulations for this industry, you need to know what is GOOD ventilation. We couldn’t agree more.
That’s why the air quality engineering study of a variety of range hoods at Berkeley Lab mentioned in the article was a bonus to this whole message. The study found ventilations standards to run the gamut from low to high efficiency. And, lo’ and behold, the Vent-A-Hood range hood came out on top. (See the study here: http://eaei.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/lbnl-5545e_1.pdf)
In our constant goal to educate consumers about the effectiveness of good kitchen ventilation – beyond the pretty canopies with the fancy options which we manufacture with pride — there’s a function that cannot be missed. The function to rid your home of cooking contaminants. We say it all the time. It’s just wonderful to see The New York Times say it too!
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