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Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment: How plastic contamination from disposable surgical masks affect early development of plants
Personal protective equipment, used extensively during the COVID-19 pandemic, heavily burdened the environment due to improper waste management. Owing to their fibrous structure, layered non-woven polypropylene (PP) disposable masks release secondary fragments at a much higher rate than other plasti...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9158377/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35739774 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129255 |