Healthcare is a major emitter of environmental pollutants that adversely affect health. Within
the healthcare community, awareness of these effects is low, and recognition of the duty to …

The detrimental health effects of climate change continue to increase. Although health
systems respond to this disease burden, healthcare itself pollutes the atmosphere, land, and …

An up-to-date assessment of environmental emissions in the US health care sector is
essential to help policy makers hold the health care industry accountable to protect public …

Climate change has altered global to local weather patterns and increased sea levels, and it
will continue to do so. Average temperatures, precipitation amounts, and other variables …

Reporting of Emissions to Achieve Net-Zero Health Care Health care is responsible for
approximately 8.5% of US greenhouse-gas emissions. The authors note the need to …

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Objectives To estimate the carbon footprint of five common hospital pathology tests: full
blood examination; urea and electrolyte levels; coagulation profile; C‐reactive protein …

Purpose Environmental sustainability is a growing concern to healthcare providers, given
the health impacts of climate change and air pollution, and the sizable footprint of healthcare …

Objectives Given adverse health effects of climate change and contributions of the US health
care sector to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, environmentally sustainable delivery of …

The healthcare sector greatly impacts the environment through energy, transport, product
use, disposal and food service. This requires significant interventions to reduce energy …