In the wake of an uproar in Congress sparked by a Consumer Product Safety Commission member who said the federal agency would consider banning gas stoves due to harmful emissions, the head of the CPSC emerged to put out the fire.
CPSC chief Alexander Hoehn-Saric contradicted Commissioner Richard Trumka, who last week said a national ban on new gas stoves was "on the table."
"I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so," Alexander Hoehn-Saric said, in a statement. He added that the four-person commission is "researching" emissions from gas appliances and looking for ways to reduce related indoor air-quality hazards.
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