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- Before 1966, food products rarely had nutritional labels, making it difficult for consumers to make informed choices.
- The paper argues for introducing similar labeling for healthcare products, specifically focusing on toothbrushes.
- It examines manufacturing practices, quantifies environmental impacts (like carbon footprint), and assesses health impacts (measured in disability-adjusted life years) for toothbrushes.
Article Abstract
Prior to 1966, consumers purchased food items with very little (if any) nutritional labels. Now, nutritional labelling is an integral part of informed consumer choice. This paper advocates for a similar approach for healthcare-related products, using the toothbrush as an example, with the need to quantify and publish data on their clinical efficacy and environmental impact. In this paper, we consider different manufacturing models and measure the environmental impact (carbon footprint) and also the human health impact (disability-adjusted life years [DALYs]) for the most commonly used oral health product: the toothbrush.
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