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No Ban of Gas Stoves Is Planned, Head of US Safety Agency Says

  • Natural gas stoves are used in about 40% of US homes
  • They can emit air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide
    

    

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The head of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said the agency has no plans to ban gas stoves, days after one of his colleagues said a ban was one option under consideration in comments that ignited a political firestorm.

“I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so,” Alexander Hoehn-Saric said in a statement Wednesday. He added that the four-person commission is researching emissions from the appliances and looking for ways to reduce related indoor air-quality hazards.