ReviewEnvironment systems & decisions2022
Prevalence of Covid-19 personal protective equipment in aquatic systems and impact on associated fauna.
Review in Environment systems & decisions, 2022. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- From Bench to Breath: Material Integrity and Performance of Filtering Facepiece Respirators and Surgical Masks After Multi-Cycle Dry-Heat Reprocessing.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Current knowledge on the presence, biodegradation, and toxicity of discarded face masks in the environment.Journal of environmental chemical engineering · 2023Review
- Density variability of COVID-19 face mask litter: A cautionary tale for pandemic PPE waste monitoring.Journal of hazardous materials advances · 2023Article
- Abundance and characterization of personal protective equipment (PPE) polluting Kish Island, Persian Gulf.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Has the "Covid-19" lockdown an impact on beach faunal communities? The central Atlantic coast of Morocco as a case study.Marine pollution bulletin · 2022Article
- Understanding disposable plastics effects generated from the PCR testing labs during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of hazardous materials advances · 2022Article
- Resilience and lessons learned from COVID-19 emergency response.Environment systems & decisions · 2022Article
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Abstract
The use and undesignated disposal of COVID-19 related personal protective equipments (PPEs) has resulted in a spike in the global mismanagement of plastic waste. Moreover, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has not only affected the socio-economic state of the world but is contributing significantly to the already existing aquatic pollution dilemma. Consequently, PPE litter is an emerging pollutant in aquatic ecosystems that warrants significant attention. This review endeavoured to present a synopsis of the global mismanagement of PPE waste and highlight the devastating ramifications of the ensuing environment. The paper reveals that PPE litter is indeed negatively impacting environmental systems on varying levels around the globe. Furthermore, peak plastic loads are transported by Asian rivers and are deposited into the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Beaches and seabed are the major sinks of COVID-19 PPE litter making benthic organisms to be the most vulnerable. More studies need to be undertaken to monitor aquatic resources to get a detailed overview of COVID-19 PPE litter in the environment.
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