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Residents tell commission new science links gas stoves to benzene, urge utility to act
Summary
Two public commenters requested the Utilities Advisory Commission consider the health risks of indoor gas combustion, citing recent academic work and asking the utility to include information in billing materials and place the topic on a future agenda.
Two members of the public urged the Utilities Advisory Commission to confront new research tying natural‑gas cooking to indoor benzene and NOx exposures and to consider what the utility can do to inform or protect residents.
Sven Thiesen, a chemical engineer who said he has lived in Palo Alto for 27 years, told commissioners that recent studies—several from Stanford and other academic sources—have…
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