Physicians and public‑health groups press for gas‑stove warning labels, industry disputes the claim

Physicians, environmental groups and consumer advocates urged the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to require point‑of‑sale warning labels on gas stoves, arguing the evidence links indoor gas combustion to elevated indoor nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter and carcinogens such as benzene that increase pediatric asthma risk and other health harms.

Public‑health experts cited peer‑reviewed analyses and meta‑analyses tying gas cooking to increased wheeze and asthma diagnoses. Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and public‑health professor, told the committee that “cooking with gas releases oxides of nitrogen. It releases particulate air pollution, and it releases benzene, a cause of leukemia and lymphoma, into the home environment.” He said children are especially vulnerable and that the…