Why does the cult think this is a good line of attack?
Is your inhaler causing climate pollution?
That small whoosh from an inhaler has a substantial environmental toll that could be putting some people with chronic conditions at risk, according to a new study.
Published Monday in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the University of California Los Angeles Health study looked at emissions from three kinds of inhalers prescribed for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from 2014 to 2024. So-called “metered-dose” inhalers, which release a measured puff of medicine when pressed, contain hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellants and accounted for 98 percent of emissions, according to the study.
Researchers found that the devices generated more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions, or the amount of annual emissions from roughly 530,000 gas-powered cars.
“Inhalers add to the growing carbon footprint of the US healthcare system, putting many patients with chronic respiratory disease at risk,” lead author and pulmonologist Dr. William Feldman stated in a news release.
Feldman added that there is still “tremendous opportunity” to switch to a lower-emission alternative for the good of the planet and patients’ lungs.
And, yet, none of the alternatives are close to as good, or inexpensive, as those currently available that the Cult of Climastrology is railing about. Can they not just mind their own f’ing business?
Feldman told the Agence France-Presse that only a fraction of patients truly need metered devices – older adults who can’t inhale with force, and very young children who must use spacers, a chamber technology that only works with metered inhalers.
In the U.S., Feldman said, the “vast majority of people could use dry powder or soft mist inhalers,” but insurance is less likely to cover them, making them more expensive.
Or, you could just piss off with your cult crap and leave these people alone.
The cited story said:
Really? Who is going to believe that claim without strong documentary, scientific proof?
The hydrofluorocarbon compounds (e.g., FCH3) are thousands of times more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide.
https://www.ccacoalition.org/short-lived-climate-pollutants/hydrofluorocarbons-hfcs
If you don’t feel/believe that greenhouse gases cotribute to global warming than please oppose any and all regulation of these compounds!
My mother and my best friend went untimely to their eternal rewards due to smoking-induced COPD. I have absolutely no sympathy from cultists who want to take away a method of relief from those who suffer from it.
My mother’s house had one bathroom, on the second floor. The stairs were ten steps up to the landing, a 90º turn to the right, and then seven more steps up to the second floor. Mom had to stop on the landing to try to catch her breath just to make it up to the second floor.
No one is trying to take away life-saving inhalers. My father died at 58 of pulmonary insufficiency after 40+ years of smoking 2 packs of Winstons a day.
Those fooking scientists trying to kill patients!! Hydrofluorocarbons (e.g., hydrofluoromethane) are potent greenhouse gases, some 10,000 more potent than CO2. Other less dangerous propellants are being developed, so relax. No one has to die.
Too his credit, Drama Queen William DID link to the actual JAMA article so you don’t have to depend on the poorly written post from The Hill.
from the scientists article:
+++The US federal government is facilitating a phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons over the next decade under international treaty obligations, yet current understanding of the scope and trajectory of inhaler-related emissions in the US remains incomplete.
Objective To quantify the magnitude, sources, and social costs of inhaler-related emissions in the US from 2014 to 2024.
Inhaler-related emissions in the US have increased over the past decade. Policymakers and regulators seeking to reduce emissions should identify targeted solutions aimed at shifting utilization to currently marketed dry powder and soft mist inhalers while facilitating the entry of newer, affordable metered-dose products containing propellants with low global warming potential.+++
It seems like a sensible, even measured, approach. William goes all Drama Queen telling the scientists to ‘piss off” and stop trying to kill people!!
Information rarely kills people but the lack of information can!! Read the JAMA summary and make up your own mind.
The democrat party is now the party of murder.