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

Sci Total Environ. 2020 Oct 1:737:140279. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140279. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

¹ State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. Electronic address: fadare@rcees.ac.cn.
² Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), The University of Queensland, 20 Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia.

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Keywords: Covid-19; Face masks: Plastic pollution; Microfibers; Microplastics; Single-use plastics.