With proper ventilation you can do everything, you can work with hazardous gases and nuclear materials, if the ventilation is sufficient.

Very few residences have proper ventilation. In the US, a microwave above the stove is common. Microwave often do have a fan function, but the vast majority don't vent outdoors. I doubt that running air through a very thin filter will do much good.

Even charcoal grills inside are fine with proper ventilation. So you're right, but your also not saying very much.

Induction is best in theory, however in practice it's unfortunately often paired with these shitty buttonless capacitive controls that are harder to decipher that hieroglyphics as well as """smart""" features

They do still sell induction stoves with classic dumb buttons but they are either hard to come buy or aimed at professional chefs, which instantly adds two zeros to their price

yeah blah blah blah but honestly.. we are humans, we do crazy shit daily like driving 200 kph in a metal can while blasting rave or metal music. If something goes out in flames just say that new years eve came in early - if you are still alive. Life isn't for the faint of heart for sure

I absolutely hate that I have a gas stove and water heater mainly for reason 2. It fills me with pure anxiety.

I know there's a relatively small chance, but whenever we're turning the corner and I see the house is still there it's a huge relief. In the next year or two we should be able to put out the money to put in outlets and get rid of gas.

I do almost everything in my house but the 2 things I won't touch are electric and gas.

Photons cause cancer so I guess I may as well do nothing at all.

One thing I like about gas stoves is the ones with sealed burners are a hell of a lot easier to get clean-looking than the glass tops of electric stoves. They get nasty so quick I prefer the old-style coil ones.

For your problem I'd try soaking a paper towel in CLR cleaner. It's probably lime from the water and not salt.

BarTenders friend is really the best for everything in the kitchen, but leaving some CLR on it overnight should break it down enough to clean up with a warm sponge. Calcium is probably the white stuff.

Bartender's Friend or Pink Stuff should take it right off.

Magic eraser might be worth a shot. Melamine foam is the generic name for it and you can get a ton of it cheap. It destroys stains easily. Even if it doesn't handle the burner stains I highly recommend it for cleaning around the house anyway.

as long as you're careful, it will be fine. been using a razorblade on them my whole life

I've used a razor for really stuck on bits on our glass top stove, but this cleaner also seems to do quite well: https://weiman.com/glass-cooktop-cleaner-polish

For the razor, keep it at a shallow angle (I tend to go around 20 or 30 degrees above the stovetop), and keep a small amount of water on the surface. I usually have a damp rag that I wipe the razor and stovetop with occasionally during the scraping process, to remove the small pieces that come off.

Also, if you are nervous about damaging the stovetop itself, maybe try something only lightly abrasive and warm water, and let the water work it's magic. (I see you have already tried this, so maybe that isn't helpful :/ ) From a chemistry perspective, salt water shouldn't exactly leave behind an insoluble residue, but IDK what else was cooking in the water.

I legit used car polish once to clean my electric glass stovetop

Works fine as long as you work it by hand and wipe the residue off with a wet rag

Nothing stopping you from using diluted lye / oven cleaner and wiping it off, just be very sure you take the necessary precautions. Do not breathe that shit in or let it get on your skin.

One cause of cancer like this probably won’t be visible on a national scale, too many other factors come into play that will muddy the data

However, it’s not “idk”, the current science on gas stoves being bad for your health is quite clear. Not just cancer, but also for other lung-related issues like asthma: https://www.cancercenter.com/community/blog/2024/09/are-gas-stoves-bad-for-your-health

It probably has to do with the type of burner I'm going to guess.

We've had both induction and electric stoves for our whole lives. And the home we recently moved into has a fancy dancy natural gas stove with star shaped burners.

It is night and day compared to anything else we've used before, water boils so much faster, I can actually sear a pen full of vegetables now instead of just making them mushy.

Honestly I love it. I just wish the hood wasn't so shitty and actually had a hood to capture all of the output from the stove.