A new study has found that the American health care sector accounts for 8 percent of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions.

The study, conducted by University of Chicago researchers and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, measured how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases the health care industries (hospitals, scientific research, pharmaceuticals, etc) released. It is the first-of-its-kind calculation of health care’s carbon footprint.

Using the environmental input-output life cycle assessment (EIOLCA) model of environmental impact developed by the Green Design Institute at Carnegie-Mellon …

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According to a new report released last week, hospitals and their emergency vehicles are contributing to the increasing number of asthma cases and respiratory illnesses around the world.

This is not because of poor health services. Rather, it is because hospitals and emergency vehicles are high-energy users creating toxic emissions.

The World Health Organization (WHO) report suggests that hospitals need to state looking at alternative forms of energy, such as solar panels and wind turbines, to power their facilities. Other actions that suggested include using energy-efficient light bulbs, buying organic …

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