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Asthma, COPD Inhalers Contributing More Greenhouse Gases

Metered-dose inhaler propellants have contributed a rising amount to greenhouse gases in the U.S. Emissions per inhaler ...

Inhalers drive carbon emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars each year, study shows

Inhalers are the frontline treatment for asthma and COPD, but they come with a steep environmental cost, according to a new ...

Is your inhaler polluting the climate?

That small whoosh from an inhaler has a substantial environmental toll that could be putting some people with chronic ...

Inhalers Produce More Than A Half-Million Cars' Worth of Carbon Emissions Annually

Inhalers generated more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually over the past decade, researchers reported ...

Pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds

"They are these tiny little products, and it's hard to imagine that they can be such contributors, but it's an eminently ...

Inhalers produce as much carbon emissions as over 500,000 cars each year, study finds

"These emissions drive global warming, exacerbating the very respiratory conditions inhalers are meant to relieve," ...
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Health care's carbon footprint: Inhalers causing greenhouse emissions

Over the past decade, the use of inhalers has generated the same amount of emissions in the US as around half a million ...

Asthma inhalers found to contribute to global warming

Inhaler use is producing millions of metric tonnes of emissions and having a big impact on global warming, a new study has ...