Robert Sanscartier  

Anesthesia has a greenhouse gas problem. A few tweaks could give the climate some breathing room
Sarah DeWeerdt
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Reducing the use of climate-warming inhaled gases can cut emissions associated with surgical anesthesia in half, according to a new analysis. What’s more, the study found no impact on patient safety or comfort associated with the changes
anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/

#health #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate

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@Snoro I work at the Western Australian government Department of Health and from our Climate Action Plan, 10% of our emissions come from "Anaesthetic gases, gases for diagnosis pathology as well as some gases for steam and hot water"

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