2 lawmakers seek more-stable stoves
From Reuters
Two U.S. lawmakers urged safety regulators to do more to prevent kitchen ranges from tipping over.
At least 33 people have been killed since 1980 by free-standing stoves tipping over on them, Reps. John D. Dingell and Bart Stupak, both Michigan Democrats, said in a letter to Nancy Nord, the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s acting chairwoman.
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