ReviewThe Science of the total environment2021
Risks of Covid-19 face masks to wildlife: Present and future research needs.
Review in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Spatial distribution and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds from open incineration of used medical disposable face masks.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Mechanical characterizations of waste face masks reinforced polyester composites: Recycling wastes into resources.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Global face mask pollution: threats to the environment and wildlife, and potential solutions.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
- Microplastics and other emerging contaminants in the environment after COVID-19 pandemic: The need of global reconnaissance studies.Current opinion in environmental science & health · 2023Review
- Personal protective equipment and micro-nano plastics: A review of an unavoidable interrelation for a global well-being hazard.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2023Review
- Zebrafish-based platform for emerging bio-contaminants and virus inactivation research.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
- Enrichment of antibiotic resistant genes and pathogens in face masks from coastal environments.Journal of hazardous materials · 2023Article
- Current knowledge on the presence, biodegradation, and toxicity of discarded face masks in the environment.Journal of environmental chemical engineering · 2023Review
- The presence of COVID-19 face masks in the largest hypersaline lagoon of South America is predicted by urbanization level.Marine pollution bulletin · 2023Article
- Facemask: Protection or threat?Marine pollution bulletin · 2023Article
- Magnetically boosted 1D photoactive microswarm for COVID-19 face mask disruption.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Density variability of COVID-19 face mask litter: A cautionary tale for pandemic PPE waste monitoring.Journal of hazardous materials advances · 2023Article
- Environmental challenges of COVID-19 pandemic: resilience and sustainability - A review.Environmental research · 2023Review
- A review of disposable facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic: A focus on microplastics release.Chemosphere · 2023Review
- Probing nanoplastics derived from polypropylene face masks with hyperspectral dark-field microscopy.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Upcycling face mask wastes generated during COVID-19 into value-added engineering materials: A review.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
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- COVID-19-related litter pollution on Greek beaches and nearshore shallow water environments.Marine pollution bulletin · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The use of disposable face masks became essential to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an unprecedented rise in their production and, unfortunately, to a new form of environmental contamination due to improper disposal. Recent publications reported the abundance of COVID-19-related litter in several environments, wildlife interaction with such items, and the contaminants that can be released from such protective equipment that has the potential to induce ecotoxicological effects. This paper provides a critical review of COVID-19 face mask occurrence in diverse environments and their adverse physiological and ecotoxicological effects on wildlife. It also outlines potential remediation strategies to mitigate the environmental challenge impose by COVID-19-related litter.
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