27 Household Items More Risky Than a Gas Stove

Last week, news broke that the Biden Administration was considering new regulations to address indoor air pollution caused by gas stoves. Both sides of the internet culture warriors retreated to their usual corners. Although it was an unpleasant week of conversation, something worse than annoying happened. Many corporate media news consumers, parents in particular, began taking the alleged threat of a gas stove in their homes seriously as they devoured and shared headlines like WaPo’s “Gas stove pollution causes 12.7% of childhood asthma,” and The New York Times’ “Your Gas Stove May Be Killing You. How Much Should You Worry?”

Self-described parenting expert and influential father data expert “vagina economist,” Emily Oster sent out her weekly email newsletter. The subject line was “Emily Oster” “Gas Stoves and Asthma,” Description of the “panicked emails and DMs” She received many compliments from her readers. Local news The outlets clung to the “advice for parents” Ask for parenting blogs and angle pediatricians To weigh in

However, The Washington Free Beacon reported on Monday, the study behind the Consumer Product Safety commissioner’s call to ban gas stoves not only fails to prove a connection between gas stoves and asthma but was funded by a green energy group with ties to the Chinese government.

“The study — which spans just nine paragraphs — was based on a hodgepodge of different data and methodologies spanning various years and countries, ranging from 2019 U.S. Census data to conclusions from a 2018 analysis in Australia,” Free Beacon reporters Collin Anderson and Joseph Simonson found.

In other words, despite corporate media fearmongering, a gas stove is one of the less harmful items to have in your family’s household and is only being presented as dangerous as a means for the government(s) to control your energy usage. In fact, here are 27 things that pose a greater risk to your child’s health and well-being than exposure to a gas stove.

1. Smartphones
2. A smartphone that can be used with TikTok
3. Cohabitating partners Instead of having married parents
4. Pitbulls
5. Ritalin
6. Public school textbooks
7. An Xbox
8. Lead paint
9. Face masks
10. Marijuana
11. Liquid nicotine, vapes, and e-cigarettes
12. Seed oils
13. Tide pods
14. Unsecured bookcases
15. Unsecured handguns
16. Loose plastic bags
17. Lithium coin batteries
18. Heelys
19. Fast food
20. Contaminated tap water
21. “Anti-racist Baby”
22. “I am Jazz”
23. Puberty blockers
24. Hoverboards
25. Pornography
26. Trampolines
27. Ouija boards

Gas stoves are a good choice if your kids or teens have access to any of these items.