Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Gastrointestinal Biopsies in a Surgical Pathology Laboratory.
Ilyssa O GordonJodi D ShermanMichael S LeapmanMichael OvercashCassandra L ThielPublished in: American journal of clinical pathology (2021)
Applied to more than 20 million biopsies performed in the US annually, emissions from biopsy processing is equivalent to yearly GHG emissions from 1,200 passenger cars. Mitigation strategies may include modification of surveillance guidelines to include the number of specimen jars.