Agency to consider federal ban of gas stoves over health hazards

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Agency to consider federal ban of gas stoves over health hazards
by Breanne Deppisch, Energy and Environment Reporter
January 09, 2023 11:09 AM

A federal agency will weigh plans to regulate and even ban natural gas stoves in the U.S., a top official said, over research showing a link between harmful air pollutants and the popular household appliances.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. said in an interview published Monday his agency plans to take action to address the pollutants, which have been linked to asthma and other respiratory issues.

“Any option is on the table," he told Bloomberg, describing the pollutants as a "hidden hazard."

"Products that can’t be made safe can be banned,” he said.

The agency has already issued a request for information seeking public data on hazards associated with the natural gas stoves and input for proposed solutions, a spokesperson for the agency told the Washington Examiner.

The request for information "is the first step in what could be a long journey toward regulating gas stoves,” Trumka, a Biden appointee and a former Democratic congressional staffer as well as the son of Richard Trumka, the late former top labor official, told reporters in December.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/agency-to-consider-federal-ban-of-gas-stoves-over-health-hazards

[Kamaji]

More eco-fascism.

[Bigun]

More eco-fascism.

 

[DefiantMassRINO]

Grandma is not going to like Big Government telling her she has to use an electric oven.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Agency to consider federal ban of gas stoves over health hazards
by Breanne Deppisch, Energy and Environment Reporter
January 09, 2023 11:09 AM

A federal agency will weigh plans to regulate and even ban natural gas stoves in the U.S., a top official said, over research showing a link between harmful air pollutants and the popular household appliances.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. said in an interview published Monday his agency plans to take action to address the pollutants, which have been linked to asthma and other respiratory issues.

“Any option is on the table," he told Bloomberg, describing the pollutants as a "hidden hazard."

"Products that can’t be made safe can be banned,” he said.

The agency has already issued a request for information seeking public data on hazards associated with the natural gas stoves and input for proposed solutions, a spokesperson for the agency told the Washington Examiner.

The request for information "is the first step in what could be a long journey toward regulating gas stoves,” Trumka, a Biden appointee and a former Democratic congressional staffer as well as the son of Richard Trumka, the late former top labor official, told reporters in December.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/agency-to-consider-federal-ban-of-gas-stoves-over-health-hazards

My wife isn't as political as I am, but she'd show up on Lexington Green if they tried to take our gas stove.

[catfish1957]

My wife isn't as political as I am, but she'd show up on Lexington Green if they tried to take our gas stove.

If Biden's and his lackeys can kill a critical pipeline with an EO, just think what he can do with bureaucratic regulatory action?

The laws and rules of dimnishing returns mean nothing to these clowns.  I dealt with it for over 30 years with EPA.

[GtHawk]

And where is the electricity going to come from heat homes, cook food, dry clothes, charge the stinkin EV's when they have mandated insanity across the nation? I just got a notice from SoCal Gas that my January bill, and no doubt Feb and March will double because of the record cold in other parts of the nation. Can you imagine the insane electric bills we will all get if the eco terrorists have their way?

[Smokin Joe]

And where is the electricity going to come from heat homes, cook food, dry clothes, charge the stinkin EV's when they have mandated insanity across the nation? I just got a notice from SoCal Gas that my January bill, and no doubt Feb and March will double because of the record cold in other parts of the nation. Can you imagine the insane electric bills we will all get if the eco terrorists have their way?

Record cold? OMG!!! What happened to all that global warming?

We know the environazis changed the name to dodge the fact it isn't warming like they predicted, if at all, but why else cut CO2 emissions if cooling is the problem--that's allegedly to fight warming.

One more reason their BS doesn't withstand scrutiny.

[berdie]

Grandma is not going to like Big Government telling her she has to use an electric oven.

Neither will berdie.

[Smokin Joe]

I wonder how much in kickbacks, bribes, stock options, whatever, the administration is taking in from the utilities?

[christian]

The fools are so relieved, Joe is saving the nation from the evil Trump, even if it costs Americans millions of lives.  Fools fought like hell, and got their way.  Now they demand/want some kind of super amnesia, rather than face what they accomplished.  They earned their time in hell, to come.