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The article states: > Despite this evidence, the gas industry’s campaign was largely successful. Industry-funded studies successfully muddied the waters, as I
by akprasad 3y ago
The article states:
> Despite this evidence, the gas industry’s campaign was largely successful. Industry-funded studies successfully muddied the waters, as I have seen over the course of my research career, and stalled further federal investigations or regulations addressing gas stove safety.
Consumer indifference to safety concerns and federal lethargy in regulating or investigating them are, to me, precisely the outcomes a misinformation campaign of this kind would aim for.
Nor is the impact small. It's just one study, but:
> This issue took on new life at the end of 2022, when researchers published a new study estimating that 12.7 percent of US cases of childhood asthma—about one case in eight—were attributable to gas stoves.
- bumby 3y agoThis is a different point. Can we prove the campaign is the result of safety indifference? Or are consumers already indifferent given the countering benefits? American consumers seem indifferent to the safety risks of all kinds of products, even when they don’t have a concerted campaign behind them. I’m just saying there may be other reasons besides safety consumers make this choice.