2019冠状病毒病期间的个人防护装备和塑料污染:可持续环境战略

IF 3 4区医学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Reviews on Environmental Health Pub Date : 2022-05-16 DOI:10.1515/reveh-2022-0024

F. Mazahir, Ali Mazahir Al Qamari

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引用次数: 3

摘要

摘要在新冠肺炎大流行期间，塑料医疗废物通过产生标准污染物（微/纳米塑料和温室气体排放），对我们的土地、水生和大气生态系统构成重大威胁。环境可持续性迫切需要全球战略规划，同时政府、行业和学术界也要做出综合努力。在设计和实施更可持续的解决方案之前，应将合理利用一次性塑料基个人防护装备以及有效的回收和废物处理方法作为临时战略。重新设计与化石燃料脱钩的塑料生产，如生物塑料，是实现可持续塑料替代品的一种方式。

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Personal protective equipment (PPE) and plastic pollution during COVID-19: strategies for a sustainable environment

Abstract Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, plastic medical waste poses significant threat to our land, aquatic and atmospheric ecosystems via generation of criteria pollutants (micro/nano plastics and greenhouse gas emissions). Global strategic planning is urgently needed for environmental sustainability coupled with integrated efforts by the governments, industries and academia. Rational utilization of single-use plastic-based PPE with efficient recycling and waste disposal methods should be adopted as interim strategies till more sustainable solutions are designed and implemented. Redesigning plastic production decoupled from fossil fuels, such as Bioplastics, is a way towards sustainable plastic alternatives.

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Reviews on Environmental Health Social Sciences-Health (social science)

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7.20

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2.60%

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期刊介绍： Reviews on Environmental Health (REVEH) is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to fill the need for publication of review articles on hot topics in the field of environmental health. Reviews on Environmental Health aims to be an inspiring forum for scientists, environmentalists, physicians, engineers, and students who are concerned with aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physiological and psychosociological interactions between man and physical, chemical, biological, and social factors in the environment. Reviews on Environmental Health is an important niche served by no other journal, that’s being a site where thoughtful reviews can be published on a variety of subjects related to both health and environment. One challenge is to bridge the research on environmental causes of disease with the clinical practice of medicine. Reviews on Environmental Health is a source of integrated information on environment and health subjects that will be of value to the broad scientific community, whether students, junior and senior professionals, or clinicians.