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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …