The COVID-19 pandemic face mask waste: a blooming threat to the marine environment

S Dharmaraj, V Ashokkumar, S Hariharan… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the COVID-19 disease spread has emerged as a worldwide pandemic and cause
severe threats to humanity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) releases guidelines to …

Fate of face masks after being discarded into seawater: aging and microbial colonization

J Ma, F Chen, H Xu, J Liu, CC Chen, Z Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Billions of discarded masks have entered the oceans since the outbreak of the COVID-19
pandemic. Current reports mostly discuss the potential of masks as plastic pollution, but …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental challenges induced by extensive use of face masks during COVID-19: A review and potential solutions

K Selvaranjan, S Navaratnam, P Rajeev… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 disease significantly affects not only human health, it also affects the
wealth of country'economy and everyday routine of human life. To control the spread of the …

Global face mask pollution: threats to the environment and wildlife, and potential solutions

L Wang, S Li, IM Ahmad, G Zhang, Y Sun… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Face masks are an indispensable low-cost public healthcare necessity for containing viral
transmission. After the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became a pandemic, there was an …

Contamination of the marine environment in Egypt and Saudi Arabia with personal protective equipment during COVID-19 pandemic: A short focus

IA Hassan, A Younis, MA Al Ghamdi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution and its impact on marine ecosystems are major concerns globally, and the
situation was exacerbated after the outbreak of COVID-19. Clean-up campaigns took place …

[HTML][HTML] Extensive use of face masks during COVID-19 pandemic:(micro-) plastic pollution and potential health concerns in the Arabian Peninsula

SA Abbasi, AB Khalil, M Arslan - Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Face masks are primary line of defense to reduce the transmission risk of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). World Health Organization (WHO) has …

Environmental risks of polymer materials from disposable face masks linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

H Du, S Huang, J Wang - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The indispensable role of plastic products in our daily life is highlighted by the COVID-19
pandemic again. Disposable face masks, made of polymer materials, as effective and cheap …

[HTML][HTML] Face masks: protecting the wearer but neglecting the aquatic environment?-A perspective from Bangladesh

NA Hasan, RD Heal, A Bashar, MM Haque - Environmental Challenges, 2021 - Elsevier
In Bangladesh, as with many countries, the spread of COVID-19 made the wearing of single-
use face masks, a non-pharmaceutical intervention to reduce viral transmission, surge in …

[HTML][HTML] The face behind the Covid-19 mask—A comprehensive review

M Ganesapillai, B Mondal, I Sarkar, A Sinha… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
The threat of epidemic outbreaks like SARS-CoV-2 is growing owing to the exponential
growth of the global population and the continual increase in human mobility. Personal …

Microplastics from face masks: A potential hazard post Covid-19 pandemic

S Shukla, R Khan, A Saxena, S Sekar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The tremendous use of plastic products to averse the infection rate during Covid-19
pandemic has developed great pressure on the management and disposal systems of …