'Products that can't be made safe can be banned,' said a federal official following a study that found that over 12% of childhood asthma can be attributable to gas stove pollution nationwide.
to the commission chair last month that over a third of American households cook with gas stoves, which "emit high levels of pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide , carbon monoxide , and fine particulate matter ."
The lawmakers stopped short of advocating for a ban, instead proposing the commission require that gas stoves be sold with range hoods and labels about exposure risks; issue mandatory performance standards; and launch a public education campaign., Richard Trumka Jr., a CPSC commissioner, suggested a ban may be coming.
"There is this misconception that if you want to do fine-dining kind of cooking it has to be done on gas," Trumka said. "It's a carefully manicured myth."Tuesday that Congress may "need to reevaluate" the CPSC.that "it'd be cool if elected officials cared as much about our generation and families as they did about... their kitchen appliances."
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