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Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly? Well, it seems that the Obama administration would rather make people with Asthma cough up money than let them make a surely inconsequential contribution to depleting the ozone layer:
Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government's latest attempt to protect the Earth's atmosphere.
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday patients who use the epinephrine inhalers to treat mild asthma will need to switch by Dec. 31 to other types that do not contain chlorofluorocarbons, an aerosol substance once found in a variety of spray products.
The action is part of an agreement signed by the U.S. and other nations to stop using substances that deplete the ozone layer, a region in the atmosphere that helps block harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun.
But the switch to a greener inhaler will cost consumers more. Epinephrine inhalers are available via online retailers for around $20, whereas the alternatives, which contain the drug albuterol, range from $30 to $60.
The Atlantic's Megan McArdle, an asthma sufferer, noted a while back that when consumers are forced to use environmentally friendly products they are almost always worse:
Er, industry also knew how to make low-flow toilets, which is why every toilet in my recently renovated rental house clogs at least once a week. They knew how to make more energy efficient dryers, which is why even on high, I have to run every load through the dryer in said house twice. And they knew how to make inexpensive compact flourescent bulbs, which is why my head hurts from the glare emitting from my bedroom lamp. They also knew how to make asthma inhalers without CFCs, which is why I am hoarding old albuterol inhalers that, unlike the new ones, a) significantly improve my breathing and b) do not make me gag. Etc.
Well, tough cookies asthma sufferers! You should have written bigger checks to the Democratic party while you had the chance.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-administration-ban-asthma-inhalers-over-environmental-concerns_594113.html
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44627081/ns/today-today_health/t/otc-inhalers-be-phased-out-protect-ozone-layer/#
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Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly? Well, it seems that the Obama administration would rather make people with Asthma cough up money than let them make a surely inconsequential contribution to depleting the ozone layer:
Asthma patients who rely on over-the-counter inhalers will need to switch to prescription-only alternatives as part of the federal government's latest attempt to protect the Earth's atmosphere.
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday patients who use the epinephrine inhalers to treat mild asthma will need to switch by Dec. 31 to other types that do not contain chlorofluorocarbons, an aerosol substance once found in a variety of spray products.
The action is part of an agreement signed by the U.S. and other nations to stop using substances that deplete the ozone layer, a region in the atmosphere that helps block harmful ultraviolet rays from the Sun.
But the switch to a greener inhaler will cost consumers more. Epinephrine inhalers are available via online retailers for around $20, whereas the alternatives, which contain the drug albuterol, range from $30 to $60.
The Atlantic's Megan McArdle, an asthma sufferer, noted a while back that when consumers are forced to use environmentally friendly products they are almost always worse:
Er, industry also knew how to make low-flow toilets, which is why every toilet in my recently renovated rental house clogs at least once a week. They knew how to make more energy efficient dryers, which is why even on high, I have to run every load through the dryer in said house twice. And they knew how to make inexpensive compact flourescent bulbs, which is why my head hurts from the glare emitting from my bedroom lamp. They also knew how to make asthma inhalers without CFCs, which is why I am hoarding old albuterol inhalers that, unlike the new ones, a) significantly improve my breathing and b) do not make me gag. Etc.
Well, tough cookies asthma sufferers! You should have written bigger checks to the Democratic party while you had the chance.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-administration-ban-asthma-inhalers-over-environmental-concerns_594113.html
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44627081/ns/today-today_health/t/otc-inhalers-be-phased-out-protect-ozone-layer/#
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To all the moronic blacks who post here and still support the terrorist in chief, guess what demographic is the most likely to suffer under this new asinine regulation?
I'll give you a hint-- It rhymes with "crack"
http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=8&sub=42
http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=8&sub=16&cont=44
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i already posted it in my Obama second wave thread - but glad it got posted again. Disgraceful.
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This is why we can't have meaningful political discussion here.
You 3 evil neo-cons are soooo shortsighted.
Obamacare will take care of this by mandating insurance companies pay, raise premiums, and up the co-pays and taxes.
That helps the economy, the green agenda, and the socialist agenda.
Get with the program.
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The lefties wouldn't be cowering from this thread, would they?
Nah...
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The lefties wouldn't be cowering from this thread, would they?
Nah...
Put palin or bachmann in the thread title and they will swarm to this thread like flies.
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Put palin or bachmann in the thread title and they will swarm to this thread like flies.
bachmann rocks, but i dont think she has that momentum anymore. talked herslef right out of the nomination.
Palin is by far the smartest and most humble of the 2012 bunch - she would handle herself in a dignified manner as the US leader to the world.
hahahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa fuck what a dumb shit. WTF was mccain thinking? jeebus save us all.
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240 - if it's Cain or Obama - who do you go for?
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240 - if it's Cain or Obama - who do you go for?
for the 9999th time - I will vote any repub not named palin, over obama.
do you have a learning disability, or just like to stir conversation?
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for the 9999th time - I will vote any repub not named palin, over obama.
do you have a learning disability, or just like to stir conversation?
Coming from you?
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Coming from you?
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:D
I mean really - banning asthma meds? Wtf!
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if you can't breathe on your own, it's not the govts job to do it for you.
personal responsibility, people.
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if you can't breathe on your own, it's not the govts job to do it for you.
personal responsibility, people.
:D :D :D
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:D :D :D
Please - your disgusting messiah is now harming people w asthma. What a fool. Only a complete jackass like yourself could support this piece of garbage.
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hahaha this started with your repub man bush
FDA bans CFCs in some inhalers from next year
(Reuters) - Health officials are banning the only asthma inhaler sold over the counter in the United States starting from next year to prevent the use of products that harm the environment.
The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in metered-dose asthma inhalers that contain the drug epinephrine cannot be used, following an international agreement that bans CFCs because they deplete the Earth's ozone layer.
Right now, the only such inhaler is marketed by Armstrong Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Amphastar. The company could not be immediately reached for comment.
The inhaler, called Primatene Mist, is used for temporary relief of occasional symptoms of mild asthma, and is the only FDA-approved inhaler sold over the counter without a prescription, the FDA said.
The product uses CFCs to propel medicine out of the inhaler so patients can breathe it into their lungs. The FDA said some manufacturers now use a propellant called hydrofluoroalkane instead, which is less harmful to the environment.
The FDA first proposed phasing out the use of CFCs in asthma inhalers with epinephrine in 2006, and finalized the phase-out in November 2008.
Primatene Mist inhalers are already labeled to show they cannot be used after December 31, 2010. The FDA said some consumers may have to pay more for prescription asthma inhalers.
About 1 million to 2 million patients use Primatene Mist, although it is difficult to get an estimate of how many people use over-the-counter drugs, the FDA said.
More than 235 million people worldwide suffer from asthma and it is the most common chronic disease among children, according to the World Health Organization.
Two other prescription asthma inhalers that use CFCs are to be phased out by the end of 2013. These are Boehringer Ingelheim's Combivent Inhalation Aerosol and Graceway Pharmaceuticals' Maxair Autohaler.
The United States has generally banned CFCs in consumer products such as hairspray since 1978, but their use has been permitted in medical products when the FDA deems it essential.
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These "breath panels" are a direct result of obamacare.
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hahaha this started with your repub man bush
FDA bans CFCs in some inhalers from next year
(Reuters) - Health officials are banning the only asthma inhaler sold over the counter in the United States starting from next year to prevent the use of products that harm the environment.
The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in metered-dose asthma inhalers that contain the drug epinephrine cannot be used, following an international agreement that bans CFCs because they deplete the Earth's ozone layer.
Right now, the only such inhaler is marketed by Armstrong Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Amphastar. The company could not be immediately reached for comment.
The inhaler, called Primatene Mist, is used for temporary relief of occasional symptoms of mild asthma, and is the only FDA-approved inhaler sold over the counter without a prescription, the FDA said.
The product uses CFCs to propel medicine out of the inhaler so patients can breathe it into their lungs. The FDA said some manufacturers now use a propellant called hydrofluoroalkane instead, which is less harmful to the environment.
The FDA first proposed phasing out the use of CFCs in asthma inhalers with epinephrine in 2006, and finalized the phase-out in November 2008.
Primatene Mist inhalers are already labeled to show they cannot be used after December 31, 2010. The FDA said some consumers may have to pay more for prescription asthma inhalers.
About 1 million to 2 million patients use Primatene Mist, although it is difficult to get an estimate of how many people use over-the-counter drugs, the FDA said.
More than 235 million people worldwide suffer from asthma and it is the most common chronic disease among children, according to the World Health Organization.
Two other prescription asthma inhalers that use CFCs are to be phased out by the end of 2013. These are Boehringer Ingelheim's Combivent Inhalation Aerosol and Graceway Pharmaceuticals' Maxair Autohaler.
The United States has generally banned CFCs in consumer products such as hairspray since 1978, but their use has been permitted in medical products when the FDA deems it essential.
So the piece of garbage Obama just continued another stupid Bush policy. Nice.
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so lets just get this straight it was bush, right? :D :D :D anything from the weekly standard should be checked for accuracy
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so lets just get this straight it was bush, right? :D :D :D anything from the weekly standard should be checked for accuracy
Yeah ok fool -
Funny too how silent you are on Bush killing the Solyndra loan only for Maobama to revive it two weeks into his presdiency and structuring the loan to benefit his bundler George Kaiser.
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Yeah ok fool -
Funny too how silent you are on Bush killing the Solyndra loan only for Maobama to revive it two weeks into his presdiency and structuring the loan to benefit his bundler George Kaiser.
topic inhalers, just like reagan use to say
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topic inhalers, just like reagan use to say
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So again - obama is doubling down on another stupid bush policy? That's your excuse now for obama?
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Banning CFC's is a good thing no matter where they come from.
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I'm betting "Breath Panels" will emerge as one of the top issues to being down obama in 2012.
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Banning CFC's is a good thing no matter where they come from.
You really are a fucking lunatic. You green communists will not be happy until everyone is in tents, under candles, and starving.
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You really are a fucking lunatic. You green communists will not be happy until everyone is in tents, under candles, and starving.
You are a complete idiot, with minimal understanding of any 'green' issues at all. I take it as a compliment that you oppose my viewpoint. Such a thing makes me realize how right i am and how wrong you are.
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You are a complete idiot, with minimal understanding of any 'green' issues at all. I take it as a compliment that you oppose my viewpoint. Such a thing makes me realize how right i am and how wrong you are.
Going Green = Going Communist
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Going Green = Going Communist
Hahaha such a fallacy. About as truthful as you having a brain!
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You are a complete idiot, with minimal understanding of any 'green' issues at all. I take it as a compliment that you oppose my viewpoint. Such a thing makes me realize how right i am and how wrong you are.
Run any Africans over while destroying their villages today, murderer?
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Run any Africans over while destroying their villages today, murderer?
Oh yeah, cause you know supporting a more environmentally friendly way of life means i support any and all groups with similar aims right?
Way to generalize yet again. ::)
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Oh yeah, cause you know supporting a more environmentally friendly way of life means i support any and all groups with similar aims right?
Way to generalize yet again. ::)
Are you kidding? Seriously - its communists like you I would throw a party for if they ended up in a shark tank with great whites.
Take your green commie shit and choke on it.
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Are you kidding? Seriously - its communists like you I would throw a party for if they ended up in a shark tank with great whites.
Take your green commie shit and choke on it.
Hahaha sure you would pussy ::)
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Politics Feds Finalizing Ban on Over-the-Counter Asthma Inhalers Over Environmental Concerns
Fox ^ | 9/26/11 | Judson Berger
Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 8:43:23 PM by Nachum
Hundreds of thousands of asthma sufferers who use an over-the-counter inhaler will be compelled to seek a more costly prescription device by the end of the year, when the federal government plans to ban them over environmental concerns.
The Food and Drug Administration last week began a media push to get the word out about the looming phase-out. After Dec. 31, the epinephrine asthma inhaler known as Primatene Mist will no longer be available.
The product is currently the only FDA-approved over-the-counter inhaler and is being taken off the shelves because it uses something called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as a propellant -- the substance is considered harmful to the ozone layer.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
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Bump.
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Banning CFC's is a good thing no matter where they come from.
You really, really rub me the wrong way.