ArticleEnvironmental challenges (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021
Face masks: protecting the wearer but neglecting the aquatic environment? - A perspective from Bangladesh.
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- 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
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- Energy-saving COVID-19 biomedical plastic waste treatment using the thermal - Catalytic pyrolysis.Energy (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Probing nanoplastics derived from polypropylene face masks with hyperspectral dark-field microscopy.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Microfiber releasing into urban rivers from face masks during COVID-19.Journal of environmental management · 2022Article
- A systemic review on liquid crystals, nanoformulations and its application for detection and treatment of SARS - CoV- 2 (COVID - 19).Journal of molecular liquids · 2022Review
- Adverse environmental effects of disposable face masks due to the excess usage.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Article
- Increased personal protective equipment consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: An emerging concern on the urban waste management and strategies to reduce the environmental impact.Journal of hazardous materials advances · 2022Article
- Environmental risks of disposable face masks during the pandemic of COVID-19: Challenges and management.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Surgical face masks as a source of emergent pollutants in aquatic systems: Analysis of their degradation product effects in Danio rerio through RNA-Seq.Journal of hazardous materials · 2022Article
- Alterations in hematological parameters and the structure of peripheral erythrocytes in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed to profenofos.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Polylactic acid face masks: Are these the sustainable solutions in times of COVID-19 pandemic?The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- COVID-19 impacts on the Bangladesh shrimp industry: A sequential survey-based case study from southwestern Bangladesh.Fisheries science : FS · 2022Article
- Application of fenitrothion onToxicology reports · 2022Article
- Review of the valorization options for the proper disposal of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.Environmental technology & innovation · 2021Review
- Assessment of heavy metals in farmed shrimp,Heliyon · 2021Article
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Abstract
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 popularity amongst the general population. Consequently, irresponsible discarding of used masks into the environment, and mismanagement of the waste they produce, is potentially placing a large pollution burden on aquatic ecosystems in the country. Slow degradation of mask-derived polypropylene and polyethylene fibres creates large reservoirs of microplastic pollutants and these have acute and chronic effects on aquatic organism physiology. Using literature reviews, extrapolation of published data, and field observations, we present an emerging issue of pollution from COVID-19 personal protective equipment such as face masks in Bangladesh. We have estimated the volume of waste generated and document the potential consequences of its improper disposal, and subsequent degradation, in aquaculture ponds within country. In a field survey of 30 ponds in the Muktagacha upazilla, 76.7% were found to have plastics in contact with the water, or within 1m of the pond, and there was an average of 63 pieces of macro-plastic pollution per 5m
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