Ban on gas stoves considered by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after new study draws connection to childhood asthma

Baltimore Sun ^ | 01/09/2023

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A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by the appliances.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to take action to address the pollution, which can cause health and respiratory problems.

“This is a hidden hazard,” Richard Trumka Jr., an agency commissioner, said in an interview. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”

Natural gas stoves, which are used in about 40% of homes in the U.S., emit air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine particulate matter at levels the EPA and World Health Organization have said are unsafe and linked to respiratory illness, cardiovascular problems, cancer, and other health conditions, according to reports by groups such as the Institute for Policy Integrity and the American Chemical Society. Consumer Reports, in October, urged consumers planning to buy a new range to consider going electric after tests conducted by the group found high levels of nitrogen oxide gases from gas stoves.

New peer-reviewed research published last month in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that more than 12% of current childhood asthma cases in the U.S. can be attributed to gas stove use.

“There is about 50 years of health studies showing that gas stoves are bad for our health, and the strongest evidence is on children and children’s asthma,” said Brady Seals, a manager in the carbon-free buildings program at the nonprofit clean energy group RMI and a co-author of the study. “By having a gas connection, we are polluting the insides of our homes.”

The Bethesda, Maryland-based Consumer Product Safety Commission, which has a staff of roughly 500, plans to open public comment on hazards posed by gas stoves

[IYAS9YAS]

In use in 40% of homes but only responsible for 12% of childhood asthma problems? Okay then. What about the other 88% of asthma and 60% of homes?

[taxcontrol]

The thing that will stop this push to go electric will be an means of self production of electricity. Once a person / home can produce their own electricity, there is no longer a means of control as you can’t threaten to shut off their power.

[Coleus]

What next from the controlling, pathetic democrats

[DBrow]

Propane is distilled out of natural gas, with some coming as a byproduct of gasoline production.

Funny though, if we cut NG use here, companies can sell more to the EU now that the Russian pipes are gone.

[DBrow]

My electric-ignite stove will light with a match when the electric goes out. I tested this.

[Repeal The 17th]

“...people will get propane hookup to their stoves...”
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All you need to do is change out all of the orifices.

[Mermaid Girl]

Oooh! What kind do you have? I have a propane hook up and a fairly decent Samsung. Oh, to have a Wolf or a Viking stove, though...

[tsowellfan]

I was thinking about getting a 2nd car maybe a Hybrid for local driving and maybe save gas. I mean, if I can save money I will do it.

Then I looked deeper in what’s in these cars, the batteries and how environmentally destructive they are and decided that I would never do that to the good earth. This is the very first time I ever had to deny myself a purchase in the name of the environment.

So, I decided to continue to use only my V8 Cadillac DTS knowing that my decision is doing the earth a lot of good and so much better than with those electric cars.