Gas stoves. Who knew? Until this week, I certainly had no idea how hazardous they were. Tens of people die every year from their fumes. Yet, one can live his entire life — raise children, bring guests into his home — mere feet from these killers.
This week, The Washington Post reported that Richard Trumka Jr., one of the four commissars on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), is considering unilaterally banning gas stoves, “or, at least,” notes The Washington Post, improving “standards around the amount of toxic fumes such stoves can spew into Americans’ kitchens.” As of
