ArticleJournal of cleaner production2021
Exergy intensity and environmental consequences of the medical face masks curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic: Malign bodyguard?
Article in Journal of cleaner production, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Hepatotoxicity induced by polylactic acid microplastics: The mediating role of gut microbiota and uric acid metabolism.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Material flow analysis-based assessment of polypropylene-fiber-containing microplastics released from disposable masks: Characterizing distribution in the environmental media.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Insight into the microplastics release from disposable face mask: Simulated environment and removal strategy.Chemosphere · 2022Article
- To what extent do waste management strategies need adaptation to post-COVID-19?The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Life cycle assessment and circularity evaluation of the non-medical masks in the Covid-19 pandemic: a Brazilian case.Environment, development and sustainability · 2022Article
- Reconciling human health with the environment while struggling against the COVID-19 pandemic through improved face mask eco-design.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Public concerns and burdens associated with face mask-wearing: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.Progress in disaster science · 2022Article
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Abstract
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization identified SARS-CoV-2 as a public health emergency of global concern. Accordingly, the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), including medical face masks, has sharply risen compared with 2019. The new situation has led to a sharp increase in energy demand and the environmental impacts associated with these product systems. Hence, the pandemic's effects on the environmental consequences of various PPE types, such as medical face masks, should be assessed. In light of that, the current study aimed to identify the environmental hot-spots of medical face mask production and consumption by using life cycle assessment (LCA) and tried to provide solutions to mitigate the adverse impacts. Based on the results obtained, in 2020, medical face masks production using fossil-based plastics causes the loss of 2.03 × 10
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