Don’t blame inhalers! Medicine’s real sources of greenhouse gas emissions
Energy use contributes to 23% of health-related emissions, with inhalers just 1.7%, a report says.
Laundry, catering and even outsourced accounting services are among the top 10 contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the health system, according to analysis led by the interim Australian Centre for Disease Control.
While asthma inhalers and medical nitrous oxide have been the subject of a push to switch to greener options, they contribute just 1-2% each to emissions, the 128-page report says.
