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Towards environmentally sustainable management: A review on the generation, degradation, and recycling of polypropylene face mask waste

Author(s): Lyu L; Bagchi M; Markoglou N; An C; Peng H; Bi H; Yang X; Sun H;

There has been a considerable increase in the use of face masks in the past years. Managing face mask waste has become a global concern, as the current waste management system is insufficient to deal with such a large quantity of solid waste. The drastic increase in quantity, along with the material's inability to degrade plastic components such as po ...

Article GUID: 37742382


An insight into the benefits of substituting polypropylene with biodegradable polylactic acid face masks for combating environmental emissions

Author(s): Lyu L; Peng H; An C; Sun H; Yang X; Bi H;

Mask waste can affect the natural environment and human health. In this study, the life cycle assessment (LCA) of two types of face masks (Polylactic acid (PLA) and Polypropylene (PP)) was first performed to evaluate the environmental impacts from production to end-of-life, and then, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were estimated for each life stage. The G ...

Article GUID: 37734618


How to present work productivity loss results from clinical trials for patients and caregivers? A mixed methods approach

Author(s): L' Heureux J; McTaggart-Cowan H; Johns G; Chen L; Steiner T; Tocher P; Sun H; Zhang W;

Objectives: From the perspectives of patients and caregivers, the objectives were: identifying which result presentations, describing work productivity loss (WPL) outcomes, are most understandable; measuring which presentations are important to report; and investigating which WPL outcomes are vie ...

Article GUID: 37276772


Transcriptomic analysis suggests the inhibition of DNA damage repair in green alga Raphidocelis subcapitata exposed to roxithromycin.

Author(s): Guo J, Bai Y, Chen Z, Mo J, Li Q, Sun H, Zhang Q

Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2020 Jun 03;201:110737 Authors: Guo J, Bai Y, Chen Z, Mo J, Li Q, Sun H, Zhang Q

Article GUID: 32505758


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