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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering plans to regulate and possibly ban natural gas stovesagency commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg in an interview, citing pollutants that have been linked to childhood asthma and other respiratory problems.
“Any option is on the table,” Trumka said, describing the contaminants as a “hidden danger.”
A recent study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that nearly 13% of current childhood asthma in the US is attributable to the use of indoor gas stoves.
Other studies have found that gas stoves emit air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and fine particulate matter at levels considered unsafe by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
At least 35% of American homes use gas stovesincluding 70% in some states, including California and New Jersey.
In her State of the State address Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed making New York the first state to ban the use of natural gas in new buildings as a way to fight climate change.
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Separately, US natural gas futures plunged to their lowest level since December 2021 on Tuesday.
