{"id":1928250,"date":"2023-05-10T14:25:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-ags-urge-federal-regulators-to-take-action-on-gas-stoves\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T14:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:28:33","slug":"democratic-ags-urge-federal-regulators-to-take-action-on-gas-stoves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-ags-urge-federal-regulators-to-take-action-on-gas-stoves\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat AGs urge federal regulators to act on gas stoves."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-ags-urge-federal-regulators-to-take-action-on-gas-stoves%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1928250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>New York\u2019s Ban on Gas Stoves Sparks Calls for Federal Action<\/h2>\n<p>Gas stoves have been banned in most new buildings in New York, and now attorneys general from several Democrat-led states are urging federal regulators to take further action to warn Americans about the potential health hazards of gas stoves. In a letter to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the legal officers called for \u201cuniform mandatory standards\u201d for gas stove ventilation, including the requirement for a range hood that turns on automatically when a gas stove is in use. They also asked for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-attorneys-general-support-nationwide-gas-stove-crackdown\/\" title=\"Democrat AGs Back Gas Stove Crackdown Across US\">informative warning labels<\/a> on gas stoves to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-ags-call-for-biden-admin-to-crack-down-on-gas-stoves\/\" title=\"Democrat AGs urge Biden to regulate gas stoves.\">increase consumer awareness<\/a> of the harms posed by gas stoves.<\/p>\n<h3>Why the Concern?<\/h3>\n<p>Combustion pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide (NO2) are linked to respiratory illnesses, especially among children. A 2013 study found that children living in a home with a gas stove are 42 percent more likely to experience asthma symptoms than peers who live in homes with an electric stove. The attorneys general argue that without mandatory standards, voluntary standards cannot claim to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-ags-urge-federal-regulators-to-take-action-on-gas-stoves\/\" title=\"Democrat AGs urge federal regulators to act on gas stoves.\">effectively eliminating indoor air pollutants sufficiently<\/a> to be health protective.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Being Done?<\/h3>\n<p>In January, the CPSC issued a request for public input regarding the alleged hazards associated with gas stoves and potential solutions. The agency also said at the time that it is open to a federal level ban on gas stoves. The attorneys general are urging the CPSC to take action to implement mandatory standards for gas stove ventilation and increase consumer awareness of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californians-receiving-unemployment-must-start-looking-for-work-next-month-to-remain-eligible\/\" title=\"Californians Receiving Unemployment Must Start Looking For Work Next Month To Remain Eligible\">potential health risks<\/a> associated with gas stoves.<\/p>\n<h3>New York\u2019s Ban<\/h3>\n<p>New York became the first U.S. state to ban gas stoves after the Democrat-dominated state Legislature approved a budget proposal that includes a ban that applies to any new construction of buildings less than seven stories high in 2026, with few exceptions. The move was applauded by environmental activists in favor of an aggressive agenda to phase out the use of fossil fuels to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-goes-full-green-new-deal-tyrant-carbon-emissions-threaten-the-very-existence-of-our-planet-video\/\" title=\"Biden Goes Full Green New Deal Tyrant: Carbon Emissions Threaten \u201cthe Very Existence of our Planet\u201d (VIDEO)\">combat climate change<\/a>. However, opponents of the ban have argued that it takes away consumer choice.<\/p>\n<h3>Attorneys General Who Signed the Letter<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>District of Columbia<\/li>\n<li>Delaware<\/li>\n<li>Maryland<\/li>\n<li>Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li>Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>New York<\/li>\n<li>Rhode Island<\/li>\n<li>Oregon<\/li>\n<li>Vermont<\/li>\n<li>Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New York City\u2019s top lawyer Sylvia Hinds-Radix also co-signed the letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of New York\u2019s ban of gas stoves in most new buildings, attorneys general of several Democrat-led states are asking federal regulators to do more to explore regulatory options and warn Americans about the kitchen appliance\u2019s potential health hazards. \u201cGas stoves, unlike furnaces and water heaters, are not required to meet any voluntary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":1928251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[9550,4912,3974,7536,9830,14106,4927],"class_list":["post-1928250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-ags","tag-democrat","tag-federal","tag-gas","tag-regulators","tag-stoves","tag-urge"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1928250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1928251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1928250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1928250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1928250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}