3-in-4 Americans anticipate new gas stove ban despite regulators saying otherwise

Posted By TheNewsCommenter: From Washingtontimes.com: “3-in-4 Americans anticipate new gas stove ban despite regulators saying otherwise”. Below is an excerpt from the article.

Federal regulators have said they’re not coming for Americans’ cooking appliances, but consumers’ disbelief and suspicions apparently are already baked in.

The majority of Americans think the federal government will ultimately ban the sale of new natural gas stoves despite regulators trying to tamp down such a notion, according to a poll first shared with The Washington Times.

More than 3-in-4 respondents, 77%, predicted in a survey by Texas electricity provider Payless Power that the independent Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will institute a ban on the methane-emitting appliances at some future date.

One of the agency’s members incited an uproar among consumers and Republican lawmakers last week when he suggested that a ban on new gas stoves was under consideration because of some studies showing the emissions cause health conditions like cancer and respiratory issues, particularly asthma in children.

“Research indicates that emissions from gas stoves can be hazardous, and the CPSC is looking for ways to reduce related indoor air quality hazards,” CPSC Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric said last week. “But to be clear, I am not looking to ban gas stoves, and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so.”

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