Memo suggests Biden administration WAS considering a ban on gas stoves trends now
A memo suggests that the Biden-appointed federal regulator was seriously considering a ban on gas stoves, before he ignited a firestorm by saying 'any option is on the table.'
Fox News reported on Thursday that Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. wrote a memo on October 24, 2022 to another commissioner saying there was enough evidence for the CPSC to start the rulemaking process to ban new gas stoves.
'The need for gas stove regulation has reached a boiling point,' Trumka said.
It was unclear if the pun was intentional.
'CPSC has the responsibility to ban consumer products that emit hazardous substances, particularly, when those emissions harm children, under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act,' Trumka wrote. 'Emerging evidence is sufficient to conclude that gas stoves in homes emit toxic gasses that cause illness and that lower-cost, safer alternatives are available.'
A memo written by Richard Trumka Jr. (left), who was appointed by President Joe Biden (right), shows that banning gas stoves was on the table in October. Trumka set off a firestorm surrounding the appliances after a January Bloomberg interview
Trumka argued that gas stoves have been linked to higher rates of childhood asthma and noted how the appliances are already banned in new construction in New York and Los Angeles 'for health and inequity reasons'
Trumka pointed out that New York and Los Angeles had already banned the stoves in new construction for 'for health and inequity reasons.'
He also said they contributed to climate change.
'There is sufficient information available for CPSC to issue an NPR in FY 2023 proposing to ban gas stoves in homes,' he said. 'The additional work needed to complete an NPR is primarily economic; the available health and scientific evidence on illnesses caused by the relevant gasses at the
