Gull snared by medical mask has biologists calling for awareness around PPE pollution - News Summed Up

Gull snared by medical mask has biologists calling for awareness around PPE pollution


Hogan told CBC Radio's The Broadcast another image from the same set shows another gull with the plastic rings from beer cans around its beak. "Everybody disposing of these single-use masks, I thought 'where are they going to go?' Hogan said about 129 billion face masks and 69 billion disposable gloves were used every month in 2020. But it is, and it remains, plastic waste in the environment doing the damage that all plastics do," she said. "These things don't disappear when they leave your hands or when they leave your face," said Hogan.


Source: CBC News March 08, 2021 10:30 UTC



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