Good thing this environmental degradation was for a good cause – it stopped Covid dead in its tracks!
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Good thing this environmental degradation was for a good cause – it stopped Covid dead in its tracks!
– 52 billion disposable face masks were produced in 2020 (includes N95 respirators and surgical masks)
— Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) August 2, 2021
– An estimated 1.6 billion of these masks ended up in our oceans
– Equates to roughly 5,500 tons of plastic pollution@VisualCap pic.twitter.com/EUkL5ZWyC1