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Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by COVID-19 pandemic in Marina Beach, the longest urban beach in Asia: Abundance, distribution, and analytical characterization

COVID-19 pandemic has enforced the use of personal protective equipment (PPE, masks and gloves). However, the mismanagement of litter are exacerbating the increasing plastic issue worldwide. In the present study, we sampled discarded PPE in 10 sites along Marina Beach, India. We characterized the li...

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Autores principales: Kannan, Gunasekaran, Mghili, Bilal, De-la-Torre, Gabriel Enrique, Kolandhasamy, Prabhu, Machendiranathan, Mayakrishnan, Rajeswari, Mayavan Veeramuthu, Saravanakumar, Ayyappan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9726691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36529014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114476