The US consumer watchdog agency is calling on the public to submit information regarding the chemical hazards linked to gas stoves – and proposed solutions to those hazards.

This has sparked new concerns of a ban, last stoked when Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. raised the idea of a ban in January. President Biden did not support such a ban, while lawmakers dismissed it as “overreach”.

Trumka’s proposal was based on Stanford research that found that America’s gas stoves are as bad for the climate as half a million cars.

Now the Consumer Product Safety Commission is calling on “all stakeholders such as consumers, manufacturers, government agencies, non-governmental organisations, and researchers” to provide data that could “inform health-based emission limits.”

Gas stoves emit nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and fine particle at levels both the World Health Organisation and Environmental Protection Agency deem as unsafe.

Their use in enclosed spaces have been linked to cardiovascular and respiratory issues, and even cancer.