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Cleaning up our disinfectants: usage of antimicrobial biocides in direct-to-consumer products in Australia.
Access Microbiol
February 2024
Centre to Impact AMR, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
In supermarkets and chemists worldwide, consumers are faced with an array of antimicrobial domestic cleaning and personal hygiene products purporting to kill germs and keep people safe. Many of these proven active ingredients (biocides) encourage the development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in microbes and microbial populations, in turn increasing the likelihood of AMR infections. In order to understand and address the selective pressure towards AMR posed by the unrestricted use of biocides, it is necessary to understand which biocides are most frequently found in consumer products and the current regulatory framework that governs their use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnraveling the mirage of fairness cream commercials: A cross-sectional analysis of commercials from South Asia.
J Cosmet Dermatol
May 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA.
Article Synopsis
- Fairness products, popular in subcontinental Asia, can contain harmful ingredients that are banned in some countries, highlighting a need for awareness.* -
- A study analyzed 152 fairness cream commercials from YouTube, revealing that 84.21% targeted women, 77.63% featured celebrities, and 47.37% listed specific ingredients.* -
- The findings suggest dermatologists should educate consumers on the risks of fairness creams and promote overall skin health over mere skin lightening.*
Governing the futures of non-invasive prenatal testing: An exploration of social acceptability using the Delphi method.
Soc Sci Med
July 2022
Bioethics Programs, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, 7101, Parc Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3N 1X9, Canada.
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) using cell-free DNA (cfDNA) offers numerous benefits to pregnant women and their families. It also raises ethical, legal and social concerns regarding, for instance, the possible effects of a routinization of prenatal genetic testing on free and informed decision-making by prospective parents, and the role of the state in governing its use. Technological advances are allowing cfDNA analyses to detect an increasing number of genetic risks and conditions in the fetus, potentially further exacerbating such concerns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIllegal commercial promotion of products competing with breastfeeding.
Rev Saude Publica
April 2020
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Faculdade de Nutrição. Departamento de Nutrição Social. Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
Objective: To assess if the commercialization of infant formulas, baby bottles, bottle nipples, pacifiers and nipple protectors is performed in compliance with the Norma Brasileira de Comercialização de Alimentos para Lactentes e Crianças de Primeira Infância e de Produtos de Puericultura Correlatos (NBCAL - Brazilian Code of Marketing of Infant and Toddlers Food and Childcare-related products). The commercial promotion of these products is prohibited by the Law 11,265.
Method: Cross-sectional study conducted in 2017 through a census of all pharmacies, supermarkets and department stores that sold products covered by NBCAL in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
Can direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs be effectively regulated?
N Z Med J
June 2019
Associate Professor, University of Auckland, Waikato Clinical Campus, Hamilton.
The government of New Zealand is currently considering a new Therapeutic Products Regulatory Scheme that includes how direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription drugs should be regulated. This article reviews three different types of possible regulation of DTCA: government regulation, industry self-regulation and a mixture of the two. Recent studies demonstrate that DTC ads in the US continue to be misleading and contain minimal if any educational value, despite governmental regulatory efforts by the Food and Drug Administration.
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