STOP BREATHING, ASTHMATICS: CNN Rails Against ‘Climate Pollution from Inhalers’ – ‘Substantial contributors to planet-warming pollution’
By Admin
October 8, 2025
CNN: Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds – Oct 6, 2025
Studies published Monday in the journal JAMA found that medication inhalers are “substantial” contributors to planet-warming pollution. It’s not the medicine itself that’s the problem; rather, it’s the HFAs (hydrofluoroalkanes). …
To treat conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, millions of Americans use what doctors often call metered dose inhalers, small boot-shaped devices that spray set doses of medication into the lungs in a quick burst using propellants called hydrofluoroalkanes, or HFAs.
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In one year alone, one of the new studies says, planet-warming pollution from inhalers were the equivalent of driving more than half a million cars, or the same as electricity requirements for 470,000 homes, the study said.
https://www.climatedepot.com/2025/10/08/stop-breathing-asthmatics-cnn-rails-against-climate-pollution-from-inhalers/
