Let's urgently engage ourselves in “greening” endoscopy to address ecological issues!

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2021; 09(11): E1752-E1753
DOI: 10.1055/a-1546-8975

Editorial

Mathieu Pioche

¹Endoscopy Unit – Digestive Disease Department, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

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Thomas Lambin

²Adult Gastroenterology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France

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Jérôme Rivory

¹Endoscopy Unit – Digestive Disease Department, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

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