NO2 is highly toxic to the upper respiratory system at higher than environmental concentrations so the study outcome is no surprise to me. Probably similar for fireplaces, wood burning stoves, etc.

NO2 is a by product of combustion, so no emission from electronic ignition devices when not in use.

No doubt ventllation systems can be designed to provide the air exchanges per hour needed to reduce emission to that measured outdoors as concludefld in the article:

"Good ventilation systems can reduce the health risks of cooking with gas. But Trumka said it’s important that your stove’s exhaust hood connects to a vent outside your home."

No science?? You know that because of your PhD in what? Read these studies and get back to me. Willful ignorance rears its head again


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More regulations. Just what is needed. Hooray for limited government.

I would say TV builders must be oblivious too because I have a gas stove in my new home in Hawkins and it has a fan over it, which is on the bottom of the microwave, but it doesn’t vent to anywhere. It just recirculates the air around into the room.

There is no way possible to have any kind of scientific study where you can definitely study if natural gas stoves cause increased levels of asthma. There are WAY TO MANY VARIABLES!!! Come on people. Really??!!!

Another merry go round! (going nowhere)

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Part of past job was to follow what the CPSC was doing, so I could keep our customers updated, and be knowledgeable myself of trends and product related issues.

I generally agreed with what they did, but this smacks of being a thinly veiled attempt to push the climate change agenda. Gas stoves have been used safely for years, and the CO is really only an issue for defective equipment or sensitive individuals. As others on this thread have noted, stoves can be ventilated as can all gas-fired equipment, removing the issue. If the CSPC wants to push a requirement that all gas ranges be vented to the outside, I wouldn't necessarily disagree.

But ban them? That's a bridge too far for something that for the vast majority of us, is not an issue.

Put more water into the wash tub -
 

Put the washer on the “Heavy Duty” cycle. That will cause it to add more water.

This is simply a rouse to further the agenda of the global warming, I hate fossil fuels crowd.
Heck, they want you quit meat and eat bugs.
How stupid can they be? Mighty stupid.
Thank you educators for teaching foolishness.

Did you read any of the nearly 80 studies listed above? Did your educators teach you scientific literacy? Do you understand the mechanisms by which air quality impacts small airways especially in children? Have you learned about the indoor air quality of homes with gas stoves vs those with electric stoves? Do you get all your news from Fox et al or do you read JAMA and the New England Journal of Medincine and BMJ, and Pediatric Clinics of North America, and J Peds? Now who is stupid in this discussion might be interesting.

Right ! I don't think the population needs any more gas-lighting, we've had plenty lately !

Good bet they are on "the list"... air pollution. I do wish we could find the actual comparison on these things. Such as, although gas golf carts, autos, etc. contribute to air pollution, does the PRODUCTION of additional electricity just produce ADDITIONAL air pollution ? There is so much innuendo to all of these types of things. How can one know the actual ratio of how much electricity is generated from coal burning plants, or what is the actual cost of electricity generated by a nuclear facility after considering LONG RANGE disposal costs of radio active water, etc. etc. The problem with all of this is, the headlines are meant to appeal to the EMOTIONAL side of individuals, and all analytical, rational, logical, and SCIENTIFIC thinking process goes "out the window" so to speak ! Another example ? Plastic shopping bags, save a tree, good for the environment, yes, something to consider of course. But, isn't it also rational to NOT include the emotions ("save our trees") and look into the effect of job loss in timbering, lumber, paper making ? Look into re-forestation, the effectiveness of cycling harvesting and planting ? THEN compare to "plastic" grocery bags... which are LESS costly to recycle back into bags, plastic or paper ? How many people are employed in production compared to paper to compare (if any) the negative job loss. What about the cost of production of the petroleum to produce "plastic" bags compared to harvesting trees ? It is amazing how we humans will pick up the latest new, "shiny" headline... and everything we learned in college about logic and rationality, goes "right out the window".... ! :confused::confused:

Government overreach
 

After the debacle of the jabs leave it to the government to find something else to screw up.
I looked over the "studies" what a crock

Gas Everything. Our Owners want us all off of hydrocarbons including NatGas.

You make a good point. I grew up with gas stoves in my parents home for many, many years. No one in the family developed asthma. There's another agenda behind all this.

The powers that be claim to want to protect consumers from harm but yet there is a scheme to depopulate the planet. It's all BS being fed to us. Hopefully most of us don't but into the lies.

Ditto. This is fake news from climate alarmists. This is no different than the fake claims that DDT causes cancer. The more someone can scare you -- the more likely you will act emotionally versus logically. And ... polar bear and corals are doing just fine too.

I grew up around gas stoves too. I simply don’t believe the studies, as a researcher I have a good idea how one can bias the results to read what they want. There is some kind of agenda here and I’m not buying it.

Correct -- it's part of Agenda 2100, where the UN actually believes it can fight climate change by going to Net-Zero, population control, etc...

Don't believe it..

They will have to pry my gas stove from my cold dead hands.

Could be. The study was done on roadhouses with the stove vented to the interior, worst case scenario.

Running your car in the garage with the door closed will kill you so we should ban cars...

There will be many more cold hands as solar panels continue to fail ... Snowed Under: Solar Power Output Collapses Under Blanket of Snow & Ice – STOP THESE THINGS

Actually, YES!!! Hello EV mandate and the continued rise in price/mark ups of gas powered engine vehicles. Anyone dumb enough not to see this writing on the wall deserves what they get.

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Thomas Jefferson

And while the Polar Bears are steadily increasing in population, the whales are dying faster -- but not from climate change ... The strange coincidence of the Offshore Wind Industry and 178 dead whales << JoNova

Never fails
 

The law of unintended consequences, maybe like the FDA and Pfizer wanted they may release the info in 75 years!

EXCLUSIVE: Green groups, government officials meet secretly to plot end of gas stoves
 

There is a companion article in the Wall Street Journal, not behind the paywall last night, showing this is absolutely being contemplated without real evidence as per usual.

Correct. They are doubling down on ignorance. There is no proof man-made CO2 is causing climate harm, and there is no proof gas stoves are bad. Because of the ongoing, 7-year cooling trend, the climate alarmists are in panic mode, and are throwing anything they can up on the wall to see if it sticks. Next they'll blame coffee drinking causes global warming ... Here's how your cup of coffee contributes to climate change

Are you referring to the opinion piece by Kimberley Strassel? In these days when "hard news" articles are filled with opinion, you really have to take something with a few grains of salt when it is flat out presented as opinion.

The "study" was funding by a group that wants to make promotes a carbon free world. They pick out about 80 studies from years ago and make a declaration about childhood asthma that the studies do not find. Stop reading only the legacy media. BTW did you know that many of the "research studies" did not require a gas stove be in the house? Seems to me that would have been crucial when discussing how gas stoves may affect health.