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Facemasks: A Looming Microplastic Crisis

Single-use disposable facemasks have been used as a preventive measure against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, many researchers have found evidence that these facemasks are being dumped into lakes, rivers, and open garbage dumps. Facemasks have the potential of releasing microplastic fibers...

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Autores principales: Dissanayake, Janith, Torres-Quiroz, Cecilia, Mahato, Jyoti, Park, Junboum
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34281005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137068