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The Sporkful

Gas Stoves Have Ignited A Firestorm

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week, a federal regulator called gas stoves a “hidden hazard,” saying a ban on them was in the realm of possibility. President Biden and the Consumer Product Safety Commission quickly walked back that statement, but not before it ignited a firestorm among Republican politicians. So why the big kerfuffle over gas stoves?

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0:00.0

This week, a commissioner at the US consumer product safety commission called gas stoves

0:06.8

a hidden hazard and said the agency is looking into ways to regulate them.

0:11.0

The commissioner said, quote, any option is on the table.

0:15.0

Products that can't be made safe can be banned.

0:18.0

That word banned made big news.

0:20.4

This morning, the headlines teasing a potential federal ban on gas stoves due to health concerns

0:25.4

triggering a backlash.

0:27.0

It's another example of government reaching into every facet of our lives.

0:32.6

Now they're coming for our stoves.

0:34.6

When we say don't tread on Florida or let us alone, we mean that, including on your gas

0:42.0

stoves.

0:43.0

The Republican politician sounded off on Twitter, Representative Jim Jordan tweeted,

0:47.9

God, guns, gas stoves.

0:50.9

Representative Ronnie Jackson tweeted, I'll never give up my gas stove.

0:54.5

If the maniacs in the White House come from my stove, they can pry it from my cold dead

0:59.0

hands.

1:00.4

Which like if you could hold your gas stove in your hands, are you sure it's not a toy stove?

1:06.0

Anyway, the White House had to get involved stating that President Biden does not support

1:10.4

banning gas stoves and that the consumer product safety commission is not banning gas

1:15.1

stoves.

1:16.1

Now as it happens, we did an episode of the sportful on the issue of gas stoves back in 2021.

1:21.4

We took a look at how gas became the standard in so much of the country, as well as how these

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