{"id":1948,"date":"2013-09-05T21:23:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T01:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thiscontemplativelife.com\/?p=1948"},"modified":"2013-09-05T21:23:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T01:23:23","slug":"fixing-stove-hoods-to-keep-pollution-out-of-the-kitchen-the-salt-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/05\/fixing-stove-hoods-to-keep-pollution-out-of-the-kitchen-the-salt-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing Stove Hoods To Keep Pollution Out Of The Kitchen : The Salt : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great article from NPR on indoor air pollution in home kitchens and how many range hoods work at about 15% effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2013\/09\/04\/219012757\/kitchen-range-hoods-may-not-be-as-effective-as-they-claim\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thiscontemplativelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/stove_sq-134f2ebc00a4866f4d940ed9ec190b1424c11822-s6-c30.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, for we home cooks, Logue has a few tips. She says use the highest fan setting on the range hood and put pots and pans on the back burners. That&#8217;s where hoods capture the most pollutants. Simple changes, but effective ones, Logue says. The hard part is remembering them.<\/p>\n<p>Cooking Tips<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Always turn your fan on<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cook on the back burners<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Use highest fan setting<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clean grease traps periodically<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 If you don&#8217;t have a hood, open windows<\/p>\n<p>Tips For Buying A New Range Hood<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Look for one that covers the entire stovetop<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 It should move 200 cubic feet of air per minute, certified by the Home Ventilating Institute<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Choose a noise rating of 3 sones or less for a quieter fan<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Choose a hood shape with a hollow space underneath for collecting fumes<\/p>\n<p>Source: Lawrence Berkeley Lab<\/p>\n<p>Article and audio: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2013\/09\/04\/219012757\/kitchen-range-hoods-may-not-be-as-effective-as-they-claim\">Fixing Stove Hoods To Keep Pollution Out Of The Kitchen : The Salt : NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great article from NPR on indoor air pollution in home kitchens and how many range hoods work at about 15% effectiveness. &nbsp; Meanwhile, for we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[255,283,350,407],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiscontemplativelife.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}