Tiwari Bikash Ranjan, Lecka Joanna, Pulicharla Rama, Brar Satinder Kaur
Institut National de La Recherche Scientifique - Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Université Du Québec, Quebec City, Canada.
Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, North York, Toronto, Canada.
Curr Opin Environ Sci Health. 2023 Aug;34:100480. doi: 10.1016/j.coesh.2023.100480. Epub 2023 May 15.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in plastic used for medical purposes such as personal protective equipment and packaging materials. A very low share of plastics is recycled while the majority is sent to landfills. This plastic may degrade over time to form microplastics which may pollute land, air, and water sources. An increase in microplastics can increase the disease risk in human well-being's. The ultimate fate of microplastic is accumulation inside the human body posing the risk of different health conditions like cancer, diabetes, and allergic reactions. Hence, proper detection and disposal methods should be devised to deal with the rise in microplastic pollution.
新冠疫情导致用于个人防护装备和包装材料等医疗用途的塑料使用量增加。只有极低比例的塑料被回收利用，而大部分被送往垃圾填埋场。这些塑料可能会随着时间推移降解形成微塑料，进而污染土地、空气和水源。微塑料的增加会提高人类健康面临的疾病风险。微塑料的最终归宿是在人体内积聚，带来患癌症、糖尿病和过敏反应等不同健康问题的风险。因此，应设计出恰当的检测和处理方法来应对微塑料污染的增加。
