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COVID-19 and Microplastics: Analysing the Role of Medical Waste in Environmental Pollution
Summary
Researchers analyze how the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased biomedical waste generation — particularly single-use plastics like masks and gloves — and how improper disposal introduced large quantities of new microplastic sources into aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, compounding existing plastic pollution challenges.
The onset of the COVID-19 era has presented substantial challenges to both environment and human life. It resulted in an increase in the production of biomedical waste, which subsequently ended up in aquatic bodies and terrestrial ecosystems due to improper disposal....