Balanced News: U.S. regulators hinted at a possible ban on gas stoves. The debate boiled over.

Seemingly overnight, the gas stove in nearly one of three homes in the country became an appliance of controversy, bringing possible comparisons to cigarettes on one side and accusations of government overreach on the other. The fight started when a commissioner for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, said the agency could soon increase regulations and a potential ban on gas stoves, citing the appliance’s public health risks. “To be clear, I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the CPSC has no proceeding to do so”