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The Quest for a Disposable Mask That Won't Pollute
K Oanh Ha, Bloomberg Plastics & Pollution
Since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago, global production of face masks has rocketed to 129 billion a month from just an estimated 8 billion in all of 2019. While they've helped protect humans from Covid-19, the masks - which today are mostly made from plastic fibers that can take hundreds of years to disintegrate - are a threat for creatures that dwell in streams, rivers, and oceans.
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