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For a greener ICU, we call for healthcare researchers to measure the environmental benefits of interventions to limit low-value care, and for healthcare practitioners to increase implementation of…
Recently, microplastic accumulation was observed in the human placenta, raising important questions related to the biological effects of these contaminants on the health of pregnancies and offspring.
This paper provides information and makes recommendations for the public health community to influence and support dietary behaviours through planting and harvesting food-producing trees and hedges.
Abstract
BackgroundHuman health is inextricably linked to planetary health. The desire to nurture and protect both concurrently requires the mitigation of healthcare-associated environmental harms…
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January 2024
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Walpole S, Popat A, Blakey EP, Holden E, Whittaker B, Saggu R, Fennell-Wells A, Armit K & Hothi D
Open access study.
Study objective: To understand whether self-sampling can reduce carbon emissions (CO2e) from the NHS cervical screening programme (NHSCSP) by comparing the carbon footprint of…
Published date
November 2023
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Whittaker M, Davies JC, Sargent A, Sawyer M, Crosbie EJ
TheLancetCountdown is an international research collaboration that independently monitors the evolving impacts of climate change on health, and the emerging health opportunities of climate action. In…
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November 2023
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Marina Romanello, Claudia di Napoli, Carole Green, Harry Kennard, Pete Lampard, Daniel Scamman, et al.
Sustainability in dentistry: Leading for change is a scoping review to inform and engage the dental profession, dental industry, and wider oral health and dental care infrastructure on the…
