Posted on 01/09/2023 6:25:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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
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B to the S.
This is complete propaganda to force everyone into electric.
It has ZERO to do with the children.
Yeah yeah. And hot water heaters cause legionella.
They’ll find any excuse to freeze us or make us cook our gruel on terrible electric stoves.
Utter propaganda in the war against natural gas.
Great Reset BS.
Exactly: B to the S.
Forced air gas furnaces and water heaters won’t be far behind if this is allowed to stand.
Freeze in the winter for your own good.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4122075/posts
No biggie, people will get propane hookup to their stoves. Propane works just as good as natural gas.
They used to tell us it was cockroach poop.
Guess there wasn’t enough power in that.
FU liars.
Put this in the bullshit file.
Already banned in some cities in CA. Might be in other states, too, but don’t know.
Vent the gas range with a vented range hood. Duh.
I’ve cooked with gas my whole healthy life, and will continue in spite of this fake “science” eco-propaganda.
It’s just another phase in the Watermelon New Deal War on Petroleum.
I, for one, have had enough of that.
Past time for a parting of the ways with the Watermelons.
“Exactly: B to the S.”
I like that.
B^S
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