Mounting evidence of the potential health risks of gas stoves, including a link to childhood asthma, ignited a debate in Washington, D.C., this week, after a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission suggested that his agency might move to regulate these kitchen appliances. Responding to the firestorm, Alexander Hoehn-Saric, the agency’s chair, issued a statement Wednesday saying, “Research indicates that emissions from gas stoves can be hazardous, and the CPSC is looking for w
Mounting evidence of the potential health risks of gas stoves, including a link to childhood asthma, ignited a debate in Washington, D.C., this week, after a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission suggested that his agency might move to regulate these kitchen appliances.
For the past 50 years or so, researchers have demonstrated that exposure to gas stoves can be harmful to humans, said Brady Seals, a manager at the environmental think tank RMI. There is more data on how gas stoves affect children than there is on how they affect adults, but Seals said findings suggest that adults with asthma may also be susceptible to worsened symptoms. Children and adults with chronic respiratory conditions are most at risk of negative health effects linked to gas stoves, added Dr. William Checkley, an associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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