Toxicity of particles and chemicals released from surgical face masks to the model aquatic organism <i>Daphnia magna</i>-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Toxicity of particles and chemicals released from surgical face masks to the model aquatic organism Daphnia magna

Published:2024 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2051-8153
Container-title:Environmental Science: Nano
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Nano

Author:

Pikuda Oluwadamilola¹^ORCID,Hernandez Laura M.¹^ORCID,Kyung Dahyun¹^ORCID,Chen Qiqing¹²^ORCID,Macairan Jun-Ray¹,Liu Lan³,Gao Xiaoyu⁴^ORCID,Bayen Stéphane³^ORCID,Ghoshal Subhasis⁴^ORCID,Berk Dimitrios¹,Tufenkji Nathalie¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C5, Canada

2. State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

3. Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada

4. Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3, Canada

Abstract

The use of single-use face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in indiscriminate disposal of face masks, some of which end up in the aquatic environment.

Funder

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

China Scholarship Council

Canada Research Chairs

Faculty of Engineering, McGill University

Canada Foundation for Innovation

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Killam Trusts

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Environmental Science,Materials Science (miscellaneous)