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EmpowHer's Health Tip: 'CFC-Free' Asthma Inhalers Proving Difficult for Millions

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Posted: Tue., May 13, 2008, 11:40 am
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Topics: Asthma, Asthma Inhalers, Causes, CFC Inhalers, lung diseases, Medication, Treatments - Traditional, EmpowHer News
     

The U.S. government-mandated switch to CFC-free inhalers is causing problems for millions of people with asthma and other lung diseases, according to The New York Times. CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), used as propellants in the inhalers, damage the Earth's ozone layer.
     
     
     
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