easy · LSAT Reading Comprehension
The proposal to ban gas stoves in new construction has been criticized as an overreach of government authority. However, indoor air quality studies show that gas stoves release nitrogen dioxide at levels that would be illegal outdoors. When the health of children—who are particularly susceptible to respiratory issues—is at stake, the 'freedom' to cook with gas must be weighed against the right to clean air.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage?
- Concerns about respiratory harm, especially to vulnerable children, provide sufficient grounds to restrict gas stoves in newly built homes.
- The state should refrain from imposing any rules whatsoever on the kinds of cooking appliances homeowners choose to install in their dwellings.
- Of all the contaminants that affect indoor air quality, nitrogen dioxide is the single one that is genuinely worth regulating by statute.
- If they were asked to choose, children would report a clear preference for electric cooking surfaces over gas ones in their family kitchens.
- Indoor concentrations of nitrogen dioxide released by gas stoves routinely exceed the legal limits permitted for ordinary outdoor air.
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