A commissioner for the Consumer Product and Safety Commission turned down the heat on a report that said the agency was considering a national ban on gas stoves because they produce harmful pollut…
“To be clear, CPSC isn’t coming for anyone’s gas stoves,” he added. “Regulations apply to new products. For Americans who CHOOSE to switch from gas to electric, there is support available – Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act which includes a $840 rebate.”“As I said yesterday, unelected bureaucrats should not have the type of power to even consider such an action,”
, linking to a Post story about the mooted ban. “It is time to rein in the Biden administration and their continual desire to control American’s lives and decisions.”Rep. Gary Palmer pressed the Consumer Product Safety Commission about a report that said the agency was mulling a ban on gas stoves. According to Bloomberg, recent studies by the American Chemical Society and New York University Law School’s Institute for Policy Integrity found gas stoves emit pollutants like nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and fine matter at levels considered unsafe by the Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization.
Studies also linked the use of gas stoves to respiratory illnesses, cardiovascular problems, cancer and other health conditions.The agency released a statement following the report saying any action would follow a “lengthy process.” ”Agency staff plans to start gathering data and perspectives from the public on potential hazards associated with gas stoves, and proposed solutions to those hazards later this year,” the CPSC statement said. “Commission staff also continues to work with voluntary standards organizations to examine gas stove emissions and address potential hazards.”
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