The Harmful Environmental Impacts of Disposable Masks

The Pre-Collegiate Global Health Review Pub Date : 2022-03-06 DOI:10.51627/pghr.2022.03.00090

Saachi Jain

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Abstract

Every month approximately 129 billion disposable face masks are used and discarded; that is 4.3 billion masks a day. Masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) have been an integral part of keeping us safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, but are they doing more harm than good?

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一次性口罩对环境的有害影响

每月约有1290亿个一次性口罩被使用和丢弃;也就是每天43亿个口罩。在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，口罩和其他个人防护装备(PPE)一直是保障我们安全的重要组成部分，但它们是否弊大于利?

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