ReviewChemosphere2023
A review of disposable facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic: A focus on microplastics release.
Review in Chemosphere, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- Do We Need Titanium Dioxide (TiOToxics · 2025Review
- Microbial degradation of microplastics: Effectiveness, challenges, and sustainable solutions.Current research in microbial sciences · 2025Review
- COVID-19 pandemic-related drugs and microplastics from mask fibers jointly affect soil functions and processes.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Article
- National partnerships address critical needs in infection prevention and control.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
- The Impacts of Plastic Waste from Personal Protective Equipment Used during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Polymers · 2023Review
- Biomedical waste plastic: bacteria, disinfection and recycling technologies-a comprehensive review.International journal of environmental science and technology : IJEST · 2023Review
- Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate Pollution and Effective Management.International journal of environmental research · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The COVID-19 epidemic seriously threats the human society and provokes the panic of the public. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are widely utilized for frontline health workers to face the ongoing epidemic, especially disposable face masks (DFMs) to prevent airborne transmission of coronavirus. The overproduction and massive utilization of DFMs seriously challenge the management of plastic wastes. A huge amount of DFMs are discharged into environment, potentially induced the generation of microplastics (MPs) owing to physicochemical destruction. The MPs release will pose severe contamination burden on environment and human. In this review, environmental threats of DFMs regarding to DFMs fate in environment and DFMs threats to aquatic and terrestrial species were surveyed. A full summary of recent studies on MPs release from DFMs was provided. The knowledge of extraction and characterizations of MPs, the release behavior, and potential threats of MPs derived from DFMs was discussed. To confront the problem, feasible strategies for control DFMs pollution were analyzed from the perspective of source control and waste management. This review provides a better understanding the threats, fate, and management of DFMs linked to COVID-19 pandemic.
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