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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Gas stoves aren’t the problem when it comes to toxic benzene emissions

If City Council members want to really cut down on emissions, they should emulate Evanston, which has banned gasoline-powered leaf blowers and trimmers and lawnmowers, a Sun-Times reader suggests. (stock.adobe.com)

II am a Ph.D. chemist, 40 years of industry experience, with a background in emissions controls from motor vehicles, lawn and garden equipment and industrial sources, as well as the propane and natural gas business.

City Council members Ald. William Hall (6th) and Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) are right to point out the blatant mismanagement of Peoples Gas transmission pipe replacement, but presumably this is also a failure of the state regulatory bodies.

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