Lawmakers, including many close allies of the oil and gas industry, are seething — seething, even — about the prospect of losing their beloved gas stoves.
“I will not give up the gas stove,” Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) tweeted Tuesday. “If the maniacs in the White House come to the stove, they can pry from the cold dead hand.”
“Come and get it!!” Jackson added — words that have been plastered all over pro gas stove memes.
The anger grew over comments made by Richard Trumka Jr., a member of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, made earlier this week. In the interview with Bloombergthey are floating about regulating or banning new gas stoves amid ongoing research that the devices emit harmful indoor pollutants, posing risks to human health.
“Any option is on the table. Products that cannot be made safe can be banned,” he told the publication, in a voiceover concerns which was voiced last month.
Gas stoves have been shown to emit potentially unsafe levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and other pollutants, even when not in use. A peer-reviewed learn earlier this month found that Perkakas is responsible for approximately 12.7% of all childhood asthma cases nationwide. About 40 million homes — more than one-third of all U.S. households — have gas stoves.
Trumka and the commission’s chairman have clarified that the agency is not proposing any new bans or regulations for gas stoves.
“To be clear, the CPSC is not coming for anyone’s gas stove,” Trumka posted on Twitter, adding that future regulations will only apply to new products.
In other words, if you like a polluting gas stove, you can keep it.
CPSC Chairman Alex Hoehn-Saric swung again in media reports suggesting a federal ban is on the horizon.
“Research shows that emissions from gas stoves can be dangerous, and the CPSC is looking for ways to reduce indoor air quality hazards,” he said in a statement Wednesday. “But to be clear, I don’t want to ban gas stoves and the CPSC doesn’t.”
However, the agency is “investigating gas emissions in stoves and exploring new ways to address health risks,” which will include public input in the spring on possible solutions to prevent related hazards, Hoehn-Saric said.
None of that bothered the GOP backlash.
“[Joe Biden] remove our gas stove!!!!” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) write on Twitter.
“Democrats are coming for your kitchen appliances,” declare Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). “The desire to control all aspects of your life knows no bounds – including how you make breakfast.”
In swooping to defend gas stoves, some members of parliament revealed themselves strange, unhealthy relationship with kitchen appliances – a love that the gas industry spent decades and millions of dollars spent on Foster, as reporter Rebecca Leber. detail in 2021 exposure to Ms. Jones.
“I can tell you the last thing that will leave my house is the gas stove we cook on,” Sen. Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) wrote on Twitter.
The hoopla over the gas stove remembers the time of the Republic created public outrage in 2021 with widespread claims that the Biden administration’s climate agenda will include banning burgers and other red meat.
This is not to say that there is no effort to keep gas stoves and heating systems from new buildings. Just this week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) proposed first-of-a-kind tires in gas heating and appliances in all new construction statewide. He said the proposal would help address climate change and “chart a path to a cleaner, healthier New York for generations to come.”
In a letter last month, Sen. Cory Booker (DN.J.), Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and other lawmakers are calling on Hoehn-Saric, the CPSC chairman, to take action to address the risks associated with indoors. gas stove.
“In addition to climate impacts, these emissions represent real health risks for millions of Americans,” he wrote.
Among other things, lawmakers recommended the agency consider warning labels, requiring stoves to be sold with range hoods, and mandatory performance standards to address harmful pollutants and leaks.
“There’s a lot of gas lighting these days about gas stoves,” Beyer wrote in a Twitter post Tuesday. “To be clear, I am not asking for a ban on gas stoves. [Sen. Booker] and I wrote to [the CPSC] ask them to consider ways to reduce potential health risks, including childhood asthma.