The NHS will ban an anaesthetic gas by early next year in an attempt to meet net zero targets - despite a top scientist claiming the move is 'not supported by climate science'.

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By swapping out the anaesthetic gas with the highest climate impact, the climate impact of anaesthetic gases could have been reduced by a further 69%. Advanced Search. Home; News Releases; ...

However, it is one of the most environmentally harmful anaesthetic gases, and its use during a woman’s labour has been compared to driving a vehicle 1,400km in terms of carbon emissions.

To make it easier, let's consider just one very commonly used anaesthetic gas, sevoflurane. Newborn full-term babies need about 2.0-2.4 per cent of sevoflurane in their lungs to achieve 1 MAC.

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Scotland has become the first part of the UK to stop using an anaesthetic gas in the NHS which has a global warming potential 2,500 times greater than carbon dioxide.