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347 Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings as They Fight Mandatory Health Labels

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msmash @ Slashdot · 09/17/2025 09:01 EDT

Gas Stove Makers Quietly Delete Air Pollution Warnings as They Fight Mandatory Health Labels

The home appliance industry would like you to believe that gas-burning stoves are not a risk to your health -- and several companies that make the devices are scrambling to erase their prior acknowledgements that they are. From a report: That claim is at the heart of a lawsuit the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers has filed against the state of Colorado to stop it from requiring natural gas stoves, which burn methane, to carry health labels not unlike those on every pack of cigarettes. "Understand

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