How a knee replacement impacts the planet

ScienceDaily
Jun 6, 2022, 5:44 pm120 pts
Researchers are quantifying the effects of healthcare on the environment, specifically the particularly waste-heavy and energy-intensive specialty of orthopedic surgery. The researchers reviewed existing literature and found that while data is still sparse, efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of orthopedic…

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