Anaesthetic gases heats climate as much as 1 million cars
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 13:50
in Earth & Climate
When doctors want their patients asleep during surgery they gently turn the gas tap. But Anaesthetic gasses have a global warming potential as high as a refrigerant that is on its way to being banned in the EU. Yet there is no obligation to report anaesthetic gasses along with other greenhouse gasses such as CO2, refrigerants and laughing gas...