“Smart disclosures” are meant to empower consumers to make smart purchasing decisions by providing them with information about products, such as food nutrition labels or automobile fuel economy labels. But Adam Finkel, ScD explains in his Critical Opportunities presentation that these disclosures are often misleading, inaccurate, incomplete or nonexistent. To be valuable tools for consumers, Finkel suggests that smart disclosures would need to be updated and reevaluated for relevance, accuracy and clarity.
The Critical Opportunities initiative of the Public Health Law Research (PHLR) program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation presents evidence and ideas for proposed legal and policy changes that can positively impact public health challenges. This video presents these ideas and evidence, and includes the practical and political feasibility of implementing the proposed changes to laws and policies. All Critical Opportunities videos can be viewed at http://youtube.com/CriticalOpps4PHL
Learn more about “Smart Disclosures”:
- Gasoline Fuel Economy Labels, via the US Environmental Protection Agency
- Risk-based Information on Occupational Exposure to Chemicals, video presentation via Rutgers School of Public Health
- "Tuna Surprise: Mercury in School Lunches" published by Mercury Policy Project, August 2012
- See the slides from this presentation
Learn more about Critical Opportunities: http://publichealthlawresearch.org/product-type/critical-opportunities
The views expressed in these Critical Opportunities presentations are those of the authors or presenters, and do not represent the views or values of Public Health Law Research or the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.