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🫁 Inhalers drive carbon emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars each year, study shows
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Inhalers drive carbon emissions equivalent to 530,000 cars each year, study shows
Inhalers are the frontline treatment for asthma and COPD, but they come with a steep environmental cost, according to a new UCLA Health study—the largest to date quantifying inhaler-related emissions in the United States.

A monthly injection could allow people with severe asthma to stop taking daily steroid tablets, a clinical trial has found.
More than 260 million people are thought to have asthma worldwide.
While most can control their asthma with inhalers to treat immediate symptoms and preventive ones to reduce inflammation,
those with the most severe asthma often take daily doses of oral corticosteroids as well.
But long-term use is associated with serious health conditions,