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More Sea Creatures to Wear Discarded COVID Masks for the Next 500 Years

Images of sea creatures wearing discarded COVID masks touch the heart. According to a general understanding, COVID masks are supposed to be credible protection against the COVID-19 virus. For example, preventing drops of saliva from spreading from one person to another. But what many don’t know is that while the virus may (or may not) ...

March 21, 2022

Hermann Rohr

Discarded COVID mask in water on a beach.

Do Face Masks Increase Pollution?

Before the coronavirus pandemic, people used to wear face masks to protect themselves from air pollution. With the spread of COVID-19, the use of face masks has jumped dramatically worldwide. As a result, many environmentalists are concerned that such a huge consumption will lead to large-scale waste generation and subsequent pollution of the land and ...

September 22, 2020

Raven Montmorency