A new study found that “COVID waste” such as disposable face masks have emerged as a threat to wildlife habitats after they are discarded.
“We signal COVID-19 litter as a new threat to animal life as the materials designed to keep us safe are actually harming animals around us,” the study’s authors wrote in the paper’s abstract.
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