Gas Stoves: Sorting Fact From Fiction

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Gas stoves are found in around 40% of homes in the United States, and they've been getting a lot of attention lately. A recent interview with Richard Trumka, the commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), quickly became fodder for outrage, viral disinformation and political fundraising after he proposed regulating the appliance. The proposal stems from a growing body of research suggesting gas stoves are unhealthy — especially for those with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and children. NPR climate and energy correspondent Jeff Brady joins us today to separate fact from fiction.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.0	Okay, so in a lot of kitchens, gas stove sits center stage.
0:10.8	Roughly 40% of homes in the US cook with one, and this is after decades of advertising
0:16.9	from the gas utility industry.
0:18.9	99% of the restaurants in the New York World fair use gas for cooking.
0:23.6	Cooking with gas.
0:24.6	Cooking with gas.
0:25.8	We all cook better when we're cooking with gas.
0:28.4	Natural gas.
0:29.4	Oh great, because I can control the temperature really easily.
0:32.3	And the pan.
0:33.3	But in recent weeks, these stoves have become kind of a political hot potato.
0:38.6	The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is researching gas emissions from stoves and
0:43.4	their associated health risks.
0:46.3	And last month, Commissioner Richard Trumpka said this before a consumer advocacy group.
0:51.3	I think we need to be talking about regulating gas stoves, whether that's drastically improving
0:55.6	emissions or banning gas stoves entirely.
0:58.7	You repeated that clause about banning gas stoves a few weeks later.
1:03.2	And it said Twitter a light.
1:04.4	As you well know, Jeff Brady.
1:05.8	Hello Jeff.
1:06.8	Yes, I do.
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