COVID-19 Masks Are Polluting Beaches and Oceans

EcoWatch
By Jordan DavidsonJun 9, 2020, 11:59 am190 pts
As if the Texas-sized gyre of plastic floating around the Pacific Ocean was not troubling enough, now there is a new scourge polluting the world's waters: face masks and sanitary gloves. The COVID-19 detritus has meant that discarded face masks floating like jelly fish and latex gloves lining the seafloor are…

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