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Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India

The rise in the use of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment (PPE) has increased plastic waste in the marine environment. In this study, we surveyed the presence of PPE (face masks and gloves) discharged in 6 beaches along the coast of India. A total of 496 PPE were counted with an a...

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Autores principales: Gunasekaran, Kannan, Mghili, Bilal, Saravanakumar, Ayyappan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9114149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35609465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113769