Reusable masks for COVID-19: A missing piece of the microplastic problem during the global health crisis

V. C. Shruti; Fermín Pérez-Guevara; I. Elizalde-Martínez; Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111777

Reusable masks for COVID-19: A missing piece of the microplastic problem during the global health crisis

V. C. Shruti, Fermín Pérez-Guevara, I. Elizalde-Martínez, Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy

Centro Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia (CMP+L)

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Original language	English
Article number	111777
Journal	Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume	161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111777
State	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Environmental pollution
Masks
Microfibers
Microplastics
Washing

UN SDGs

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Reusable masks for COVID-19: A missing piece of the microplastic problem during the global health crisis

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