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When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco’s PR playbook

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American Gas Association funded Julia Child's new kitchen studio with gas stoves, study finds.

David Rothkopf : It was part of a calculated campaign by gas industry to increase use of gas stove use.

Rothpf: Gas stove use is controversial today because it slows the shift toward renewable energy.

He says industry used same tactics that tobacco industry used to distort scientific evidence of health risks associated with smoking.

Rosenberg : Industry-funded studies successfully muddied the waters, stalled federal investigations or regulations addressing gas stove safety.

Jonathan Levy : The commercial interests of many industries aren’t always compatible with the public interest or human health.

He says exposing the tactics that vested interests use to manipulate the public can make consumers and regulators savvier.

Levy has received funding from the National Institutes of Health , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Health Effects Institute .

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