speaks with NHS Consultant Dr Alex Wilkinson on the environmental impact from asthma care, and more specifically metered dose inhalers. Dr Wilkinson shares his thoughts on what respiratory medicine needs to be doing in order to move towards zero or low carbon care.

Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9056443/

Website links:

1. https://www.greenerpractice.co.uk/high-quality-and-low-carbon-asthma-care/

2. https://greeninhaler.org

3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4952075/

1d:T46b,In this fascinating episode, tune in to hear from Dr Melissa Frick, who is a chief resident in Radiation Oncology at Stanford University and serves as co-chair on the Greening the Clinics Initiative of the Stanford Healthcare Resident Safety Council. Find out about the exciting initiatives Melissa and her team have been undertaking at Stanford, and what Radiation Oncology can be doing to move towards zero-carbon care. Resources: ARRO Climate Health, Equity, and Sustainability Taskforce (CHEST) interest form: https://forms.gle/o6tCvC3xL86trJPi6 NorCal Brachytherapy Waste Audit Toolkit (fill out form to gain access to toolkit): https://forms.gle/o6tCvC3xL86trJPi6 Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) Sustainability Committee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IPEMEnvironment GreenHealth Lab (co-founded by radiation oncologist); https://greenhealth.ucsf.edu/ Scientific letter that documents energy consumption of LINAC per patient course, and identifies “Standby” as p

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