Last week, a new study found that gas stoves can be a contributing factor in childhood asthma.
These findings set off a political firestorm after Richard Trumka Jr., a commissioner of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, suggested that the agency might move to regulate them.
“This is a hidden hazard,” Trumka said in an interview with Bloomberg last Monday. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.”
That statement led to prominent Republicans taking to social media and falsely saying that the Biden administration was planning to ban gas stoves.
In response, CPSC chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric issued a statement saying the agency is “looking for ways to reduce related indoor air quality hazards,” and added, “I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so.”
On the subject of the actual safety of gas stoves, KYW Medical Editor Dr. Brian McDonough talked about how to make sure you’re using your gas stove safely as well as ways to protect your home from such problems as carbon monoxide poisoning.
Listen to the entire conversation with Dr. Brian McDonough below.
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