Before I read this thoroughly, I was thinking "well, everyone in my wife's neighborhood in Bangkok cooks with gas, and on little portable stoves with no ventilation." Now, come to find out, the story is about Hong Kong.
Have any of you ever been inside a typical Hong Kong apartment? They are about the size of a large American bathroom. My wife's aunt has a two bedroom place there. One bedroom is the size of the bed, literally. You crawl in through the door. The master bedroom has about six square feet to stand up in. The rest of the apartment is about the size of the two bedrooms put together. There are no ventilation fans, although sometimes the cooking is done on or next to the balcony, where there is one.
A study based on conditions in HK has no bearing on the situation in the US.
ai't that the truth..in the early 90's. I had a conference in HK..wife came, natch..city is breathtaking....we were at the Peninsula, overlooking the harbor..just spectacular..everything first rate...third day or so, I have a morning free.. wife wants to go jewelry shopping..she has the name of the fabulous place..where, how, from whom, she got, it..I don't know...so, we go to doorman at the hotel, show him the name and address or the compnay, he whistles a car over..probably his brother or cousin..he tells us what it will cost, the driver will take us there, and wait for us, as long as it takes..seems prudent..when in Rome, etc...we get there, nice trip, driver points out all the sights...the shop is beautiful..hardly crowded first thing in the morning..we're welcomed...staff is superb, the salesgirls are beautifully dressed....we're offered tea or coffee...hard to refuse, comes served in an exqusite silver set, porcelian cups...wife is in her glory..I'm reading the IHT..after an hour, purchases concluded.. wife asks to use the ladies room...clerk shows her...she returns 30 seconds later.."weird" look on her face...picks up the packages, I get the AMEX receipts, and she kind of fast walks out the door...in the car, she tells me the "john" was just a hole in the floor...I started laughing..then she hit me...