Xinhua News Agency, Taiyuan, September 28th, title: Can buying a toothpaste kill Helicobacter pylori?
Xinhua News Agency reporters Ma Xiaoyuan, Li Ziwei, Xu Xiong
China is a country with a high level of Helicobacter pylori infection, and data shows that the adult infection rate is about 50%
Consumers complained about being charged "IQ tax"
Zhang Nannan, a citizen of Taiyuan, Shanxi, was found to be infected with Helicobacter pylori during a physical examination.
The reporter's investigation found that similar "anti-you toothpaste" was sold online
The reporter noticed that most of these products claim to be able to inhibit, prevent or even kill Helicobacter pylori, and some products have also advertised "effectively kill 99.
Such "net celebrity toothpaste" is also very popular offline
However, the interviewed experts questioned whether such toothpaste can really "anti-you"
Committee member Liao Juan, deputy director of the Department of Gastroenterology, West China Fourth Hospital of Sichuan University, explained that Helicobacter pylori may also colonize oral saliva and dental plaque.
Xiang Jianqiang, director of the China Oral Cleaning and Care Products Industry Association, said that the member units of the association currently do not produce and sell such products.
Thinking of law to avoid supervision
——Playing supervision "side ball"
Some insiders pointed out that manufacturers not only want to make the products sellable and label toothpaste, but also want consumers to feel that the products are professional and highlight the “machine name”.
-False propaganda exaggerating the effectiveness
-Create "pyloric anxiety"
Liao Juan said that, on the one hand, such publicity can easily mislead consumers, and on the other hand, it may cause people to panic about Helicobacter pylori
Strong supervision is needed and more popular science
In response to the chaos of "anti-you toothpaste" deceiving consumers and evading supervision, the interviewed experts believe that it is necessary to further strengthen industry supervision, standardize advertising behavior, and at the same time increase science popularization to guide consumers to consume scientifically
The reporter learned that there were some gray areas in the supervision of the toothpaste industry in the past, leading to various chaos.
Vice Academy of Human Destiny Community Communication University of China Dean , Professor Wang Sixin said, for "anti-quiet toothpaste," the number of people involved in this, there are certain dangers of red network products, relevant departments and commercial enterprises should form a linkage mechanism, collaborative governance, Strengthen the monitoring and supervision of relevant advertisements, and promptly detect and deal with violations of laws and regulations to avoid misleading and deceiving consumers
.
Dean In addition, Xiang Jianqiang and many other experts and industry insiders pointed out that the reason why "anti-pylor toothpaste" has a market is largely due to the lack of consumer awareness of Helicobacter pylori, and it is necessary to increase the popularization of Helicobacter pylori related knowledge.
, To remind consumers to seek medical treatment rationally, consume scientifically, and avoid blind faith
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