Washington, Oct. 10 -- Congresswoman Valerie Foushee issued the following press release:
DURHAM, NC (October 9, 2026) - Today, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) introduced the Low Emission Anesthetics Act to incentive the use of certain low-emission anesthetic gases by health care facilities.Certain traditional anesthetic gases including desflurane or nitrous oxide used by healthcare providers have been found to have an outsized impact on greenhouse gas emissions, despite the existence of proven low-emission anesthetic gases like isoflurane or sevoflurane."While it is clear that the climate crisis is being driven by large corporations and fossil fuels, Congress has a duty to explore all routes to make meaningful reductions to greenhous...