Seemingly out of nowhere, the gas stove has become front-page news. But this was no random coincidence. The full-court press to scare people about a perfectly safe kitchen appliance found in nearly 40 percent of U.S. homes and a ubiquitous feature of restaurants nationwide has been years in the making and is part of a carefully cultivated campaign.
What appeared to spark the uproar was a comment from Richard Trumka Jr., who was nominated by President Biden in 2021 to serve as a commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Earlier this month, he told the media that a ban on gas stoves was “on the table.” The comments generated a firestorm of pushback coast to coast, forcing the head of the CPSC to run damage control and say that they are not planning to ban gas stoves.
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