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Inhalers drive carbon emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars each year, study shows (phys.org)
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Inhalers are the frontline treatment for asthma and COPD, but they come with a steep environmental cost, according to a new UCLA Health study—the largest to date quantifying inhaler-related emissions in the United States.

Researchers found that inhalers have generated over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually over the past decade, equivalent to the emissions of roughly 530,000 gas-powered cars on the road each year.

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, they could do stuff like stop putting those dangerous hydrofluorocarbons into the inhalers.

I mean, it kinda seems like the solution suggests itself.

If you wanted to get really fancy, I'm sure that there's some sort of lithium battery powered motor pump contraption that could easily compress air and use that as the accelerator for the medicine.

Then all you would need to do is deploy a new medicine cartridge for your inhaler, and you get rid of the hydrofluorocarbons completely.

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