Face masks invading protected areas: Risks and recommendations

Macroorganisms fouled in marine anthropogenic litter (rafting) arround a tropical bay in the Southwest Atlantic

(2022) Alain Alves Póvoa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Covid-19-derived plastic debris contaminating marine ecosystem: Alert from a sea turtle

(2022) Takuya Fukuoka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Personal protective equipment (PPE) along the shoreline of Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

(2022) Tadele Assefa Aragaw et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence and distribution of micro- and mesoplastics in the high-latitude nature reserve, northern China

(2022) Wenwen Gong et al.   Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Quantifying Transboundary Plastic Pollution in Marine Protected Areas Across the Mediterranean Sea

(2022) Yannis Hatzonikolakis et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Role of protected area in reducing marine and plastic litter: A case study from India's first Marine Protected Area and comparison with Non‐Protected Areas

(2022) Anju Baroth et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Physical and chemical degradation of littered personal protective equipment (PPE) under simulated environmental conditions

(2022) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Degradation of plastics associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

(2022) Carlos Ivan Pizarro-Ortega et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

COVID-19-related personal protective equipment (PPE) contamination in the highly urbanized southeast Brazilian coast

(2022) Victor Vasques Ribeiro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Use of COVID-19 single-use face masks to improve the rutting resistance of asphalt pavement

(2022) George Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2022) Tara Hatami et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Micro(nano)plastics Prevalence, Food Web Interactions, and Toxicity Assessment in Aquatic Organisms: A Review

(2022) Nsikak U. Benson et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Microplastic pollution in the surface water and sediments from Kallar Kahar wetland, Pakistan: occurrence, distribution, and characterization by ATR-FTIR

(2022) Aqsa Dilshad et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Fate of face masks after being discarded into seawater: Aging and microbial colonization

(2022) Jie Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bacterial biofilms on medical masks disposed in the marine environment: a hotspot of biological and functional diversity

(2022) F. Crisafi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Single-use surgical face masks, as a potential source of microplastics: Do they act as pollutant carriers?

(2021) Ioannis Anastopoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS

An investigation into the leaching of micro and nano particles and chemical pollutants from disposal face masks - linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

(2021) G.L. Sullivan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life

(2021) Auke-Florian Hiemstra et al.   ANIMAL BIOLOGY

COVID-19 face masks: A new source of human and environmental exposure to organophosphate esters

(2021) J. Fernández-Arribas et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Fouling organisms in marine litter (rafting on abiogenic substrates): A global review of literature

(2021) Alain Alves Póvoa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Used disposable face masks are significant sources of microplastics to environment

(2021) Xianchuan Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

COVID-19 discarded disposable gloves as a source and a vector of pollutants in the environment

(2021) Katarzyna Jędruchniewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Post COVID-19 pandemic: Biofragmentation and soil ecotoxicological effects of microplastics derived from face masks

(2021) Jin Il Kwak et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Marine macroinvertebrates inhabiting plastic litter in Peru

(2021) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abandoned Covid-19 personal protective equipment along the Bushehr shores, the Persian Gulf: An emerging source of secondary microplastics in coastlines

(2021) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cox's Bazar, the longest natural beach in the world

(2021) Md. Refat Jahan Rakib et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Face mask waste generation and management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview and the Peruvian case

(2021) Fernando G. Torres et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence of personal protective equipment (PPE) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic along the coast of Lima, Peru

(2021) Gabriel E. De-la-Torre et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A green and high-yield route to recycle waste masks into CNTs/Ni hybrids via catalytic carbonization and their application for superior microwave absorption

(2021) Ronghua Yu et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Face masks as a source of nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment: Quantification, characterization, and potential for bioaccumulation

(2021) Jie Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

On the Flip Side of Mask Wearing: Increased Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds and a Risk-Reducing Solution

(2021) Long Jin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A critical synthesis of current peer-reviewed literature on the environmental and human health impacts of COVID-19 PPE litter: New findings and next steps

(2021) Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

An annual study on plastic accumulation in surface water and sediment cores from the coastline of Tenerife (Canary Island, Spain)

(2021) Stefanie Reinold et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Release of Microplastics from Discarded Surgical Masks and Their Adverse Impacts on the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus

(2021) Jiaji Sun et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

How well-protected are protected areas from anthropogenic microplastic contamination? Review of analytical methods, current trends, and prospects

(2021) Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy et al.   Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Binational survey of personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environments: Abundance, distribution, and analytical characterization

(2021) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Destination recovery during COVID-19 in an emerging economy: Insights from Perú

(2021) Jesús J. Cambra-Fierro et al.   European Research on Management and Business Economics

Abundance and distribution of microplastics on sandy beaches of Lima, Peru

(2020) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Investigating the distribution and regional occurrence of anthropogenic litter in English marine protected areas using 25 years of citizen-science beach clean data

(2020) Sarah E. Nelms et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario

(2020) Tadele Assefa Aragaw   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment

(2020) Oluniyi O. Fadare et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An emerging source of plastic pollution: Environmental presence of plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) debris related to COVID-19 in a metropolitan city

(2020) Justine Ammendolia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment

(2020) Gabriel E. De-la-Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A desert in the ocean – Depauperate fouling communities on marine litter in the hyper-oligotrophic South Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2020) Sabine Rech et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

COVID-19 pandemic repercussions on plastic and antiviral polymeric textile causing pollution on beaches and coasts of South America

(2020) M. Ardusso et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Dispersal of alien invasive species on anthropogenic litter from European mariculture areas

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms

(2018) Melissa R. Jung et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Travelling light: Fouling biota on macroplastics arriving on beaches of remote Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The performance and potential of protected areas

(2014) James E. M. Watson et al.   NATURE

Protected Areas and Effective Biodiversity Conservation

(2013) S. Le Saout et al.   SCIENCE