Effects of COVID ‐19: An Environmental Point of View

Occurrence, transformation, bioaccumulation, risk and analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater: a review

“…The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an inter-disciplinary and technological approach as a roadmap for water and wastewater management to help fight COVID-19, and possible future pandemics (Adelodun et al 2021a , b , c , d ; Anand et al 2021a , b , c , d ; Kareem et al 2021 ; Tiamiyu et al 2021 ; Anand et al 2022 ). A similar approach can be adopted for studies regarding PPCPs and their characteristic behaviours such as persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity.…”

A safe haven of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment: Prevalence and potential transmission risks in the effluent, sludge, and biosolids

“…Furthermore, the majority of the wastewater workers do not use adequate protective equipment during different stages of wastewater/sludge treatment and disposal while having direct contact or exposure to raw sludge and biosolids samples, especially in rural settings ( Sampson et al, 2017 , Gwenzi, 2021 ). Sludge treatment processes such as oxidation ditch, dewatering, and mechanical agitation have also been reported to generate toxic aerosol containing SARS-CoV-2 in the form of airborne particulate matter ( Yang et al, 2020 , Brisolara et al, 2021 , Dada and Gyawali, 2021 , Gholipour et al, 2021 ), which could remain viable and infectious for several hours in such an environmental medium ( Fears et al, 2020 , van Doremalen et al, 2020 , Kareem et al, 2021 ). Meanwhile, the guidelines or regulations for the reuse of wastewater and sewage sludge are lacking in many developing and less developed countries, prompting to high vulnerability of viral infections, especially the recalcitrant SARS-CoV-2 variants in these settings ( Adelodun et al, 2021b ).…”

Elucidating the role of environmental management of forests, air quality, solid waste and wastewater on the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2

“…These problems could be further aggravated as previous sustainability agreements are anticipated to be relaxed during the COVID-19 pandemic to safeguard agricultural production and economic recovery efforts ( Brancalion et al, 2020 ). Preventive measures targeted at COVID-19 control have mainly prioritized public health safety measures and the overarching environmental implication of the pandemic is largely understated ( Kareem et al, 2021 ). Efforts for environmental management during COVID-19 mainly focuses to prevent disease transmission through environmental compartments ( Kang et al, 2021 ).…”