Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution in the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed inland water body in the world.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic led to a still ongoing international health and sanity crisis. In the current scenario, the actions taken by the national authorities and the public prioritized measures to control the transmission of the virus, such as social distancing, and face mask-wearing. Unfortunately, due to the debilitated waste management systems and incorrect disposal of single-use face masks and other types of personal protective equipment (PPE), the occurrence of these types of items has led to the exacerbation of marine plastic pollution. Although various studies have focused on surveying marine coasts for PPE pollution, studies on inland water are largely lacking. In order to fill this knowledge gap, the present study assessed PPE pollution in the Iranian coast of the Caspian Sea, the l

SUBMITTER: Hatami T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848538 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature