COVID-19 Generated Personal Protective Equipment: Sources of Microplastics and Pathogen Vectors in Marine Environments?

COVID-19 Generated Personal Protective Equipment: Sources of Microplastics and Pathogen Vectors in Marine Environments?

The world has already experienced the severe adverse effects of COVID-19 at every level. When it became understood that the COVID-19 infection is spread in the community via respiratory transmission from humans, then the widespread use of plastic-made personal protective equipments (PPEs) like face...

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Main Authors:	Md Abu Noman, Jun Sun, Mohammad Belal Hossain
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:	COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) face masks microplastics plastisphere human health
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.798047/full

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