Researchers identified transportation, natural gas and water to be the top contributors to emissions from hemodialysis centers, resulting in 58.9 kg carbon dioxide equivalents of emissions from a single center during 2020.
In a perspective on the study, Jessie Newman, senior director of sustainability at Fresenius Medical Care North America, told Healio, “Transportation emissions remain a top contributor to the environmental impact from outpatient dialysis. We see a reduction potential through the ongoing acceleration of new, innovative home dialysis products.”
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