Asthma inhalers emit same amount of carbon as 180-mile drive, health watchdog warns

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Greenhouse gases in 100-dose inhaler equivalent to driving from London to Sheffield, new guidance warns

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People must stop using it? How can you ask such questions? Is there any alternative.

Next time I couldn't find my inhaler I'll take a buff from my car exhaust!

Therefore carbon must be good for your lungs. CarbonTax 🤔🧀👨🏻

*Peeps with asthma*

greychatham Not gonna click, but this headline definitely doesn't mean what it seems to mean

Right into the lungs. Oy vey.

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Asthma inhalers as bad for the environment as 180-mile car journey, health chiefs sayAsthmatics have been warned by health chiefs that each inhaler they use could be polluting the environment by as much as a 180-mile car journey. So are we going to sue the manufacturers of the inhalers or blame it on asthmatics who were advised by NHS doctors to use them? Wow. And what about buses in London? Sure we should all just die then?
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Asthma inhalers as bad for the environment as 180-mile car journey, health chiefs sayAsthmatics have been warned by health chiefs that each inhaler they use could be polluting the environment by as much as a 180-mile car journey. So are we going to sue the manufacturers of the inhalers or blame it on asthmatics who were advised by NHS doctors to use them? Wow. And what about buses in London? Sure we should all just die then?
Source: The Telegraph - 🏆 41. / 63 Read more »