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Health Care Industry is a Major Source of Harmful Emissions

Cummings, M. (2019). Health Care Industry is a Major Source of Harmful Emissions. Yale News.
The author states that the U.S. healthcare system contributes 10% of the nation’s carbon emissions and 9% of harmful non-greenhouse air pollutants. He also notes that the rate of greenhouse emissions from the healthcare sector increased by 30% between 2006 and 2016.
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