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| Sacrificing Asthmatic Children To Al Gore |
| 2008-12-03 |
| At the end of this month, the inhalers that millions of people with asthma use to control their symptoms will no longer be available. Those inhalers can prevent an asthma attack or relieve symptoms once one has begun. The problem is that the inhalers propel the medication with chlorofluorocarbons, which deplete the ozone layer. Effective Dec. 31, drug companies will no longer be able to manufacture or sell the CFC inhalers. "This is the first time that an effective medication has been removed from the market in the USA for an environmental issue," said Dr. Ira Feingold of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #10 Darrell, why not? The left blames everything bad on Bush. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2008-12-03 17:44 |
| #9 CFCs were phased out by the Montreal Protocol which was enacted long before Gore's Kyoto nonsense. Sorry, can't blame this on Gore. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-12-03 15:55 |
| #8 I've got one of the new formulations and it doesn't seem to work as fast as the old CFC's did. That's not generally a problem for me, but I can see where they would make the problem worse if someone is panicking because they can't breathe. Between this and the new watered down allergy meds (because someone somewhere just might make a hit of speed from playing around with 20 boxes worth), it really makes me dread pollen season. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-12-03 15:48 |
| #7 I speak as a lifelong asthmatic, and am disgusted at this governmental action re CFC inhalers. Big Brother at his ugliest... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-12-03 14:44 |
| #6 > Need to be cleaned more frequently. Definitely true. I get them here in Brownistan. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-12-03 11:20 |
| #5 This has been a substantial problem in my practice, taking lots of my time and that of my nurses, for little benefit that I can find. The costs are substantially higher for patients because the new propellant costs more. One can't blame the drug companies: the companies that made the CFC propellant quitting making it so they had no choice. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-12-03 11:00 |
| #4 The CFC ban goes back a couple of decades. We did it to stop the growth of the hole in the ozone layer down near Antarctica. Made our air conditioners and cars more expensive. So how's that hole growing? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-12-03 11:01 |
| #3 I've got my pitchfork, I'm soaking my torch now. When do we charge the ramparts in D.C.? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-03 09:52 |
| #2 Thanks to the CFC Nazis, the $10 nonprescription Primatene Mist inhalers that hundreds of thousands use to self treat mild asthma will go away in 2010 or 2011. It will end up with people in the emergency ward or worse. |
| Posted by: Kofi Gritle1415 2008-12-03 09:09 |
| #1 The sadists who came up with this should be locked in an airtight room, then forced to pay to suck on tubes with little gusts of air when they are suffocating. While getting the helpful advice to "Inhale slowly, or else it won't work." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-12-03 08:56 |