Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment: How plastic contamination from disposable surgical masks affect early development of plants

Mészáros, Enikő; Bodor, Attila; Szierer, Ádám; Kovács, Eszter; Perei, Katalin; Tölgyesi, Csaba; Bátori, Zoltán; Feigl, Gábor

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129255

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“…Firstly, MP uptake and translocation in plants have been reported to occur with MPs that are tens or a few hundreds of nanometers in size (e.g., Lian et al, 2021 ), while those used in the FMP studies are considerably larger. Thus, FMP translocation is unlikely to be the main toxicity pathway in the study by Mészáros et al (2022) . Overall, the majority of MP phytotoxicity studies reporting physiological and genetic changes are carried out with MPs that are measured in nano- or micrometers.…”

Section: Ecotoxicity Of Microplastics Expelled From Face Masksmentioning

confidence: 87%

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An ecotoxicological perspective of microplastics released by face masks

Cabrejos-Cardeña

De-la-Torre²,

Dobaradaran³

et al. 2023

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Section: Ecotoxicity Of Microplastics Expelled From Face Masksmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Significant increase in the number of heterotrophic bacteria. ( Mészáros et al, 2022 ) Seed 0.5% (w/v) 1% (w/v) 5 d Inhibition of root elongation. …”

Section: Ecotoxicity Of Microplastics Expelled From Face Masksmentioning

confidence: 99%

An ecotoxicological perspective of microplastics released by face masks

Cabrejos-Cardeña

De-la-Torre²,

Dobaradaran³

et al. 2023

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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“…Brassica seeds were provided by Cereal Research Non-Profit Ltd. (Szeged, Hungary). Oilseed rape, also known as rapeseed, has substantial importance both economically and agriculturally because it is the second most cultivated oil crop in the world (Mészáros et al, 2022).…”

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“…Similar to the in vitro phytotoxicity results (Table S1), root development was obstructed by the presence of PPPs in soil but to a significantly lesser extent, suggesting that the soil system modulates their negative effects. In fact, a recent study described about the ameliorative properties of soils in freshly plasticcontaminated environments (Mészáros et al, 2022).…”

Section: Effect Of Ppps On Plant Morphologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Phytotoxicity evaluation of nutrient-fortified pomegranate peel powders prepared from food waste and their feasibility as biofertilizers

Bodor

Bellahsen

Perei

et al. 2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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Pomegranate peel powder (PPP) is increasingly used as a bioadsorbent to decontaminate wastewaters due to its adsorptive characteristics. The application of nutrient-fortified bioadsorbents as alternatives to chemical fertilizers can provide an innovative and eco-friendly approach for sustainable waste management. Nevertheless, there is extremely limited information regarding their effects on the growth of agricultural crops. We investigated the effects of raw and nutrient-fortified PPPs on oilseed rape (Brassica napus). Our results showed that the concentration-dependent in vitro phytotoxicity of high PPP doses (germination indices were 109.6%, 63.9%, and 8.9% at the applied concentrations of 0.05%, 0.5%, and 5%) was diminished by the application of nutrient-fortified PPPs (germination indices were 66.0–83.4% even at the highest doses). In pot experiments, most PPP treatments (especially Raw-PPP and the mixture of N- and P-fortified PPPs) promoted the development of aboveground plant parts. Reorganization of the pattern of protein tyrosine nitration in the root tissues indicated that the plants were acclimated to the presence of PPPs, and thus, PPP treatment induced no or low-level stress. Our findings confirmed that several doses of PPP supplementation were beneficial for the model crop plant when applied in soil. We anticipate that our study will be a foundation for future investigations involving more plant species and soil types, which can contribute to the introduction of nutrient-fortified PPPs as sustainable biofertilizers.

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“…Nonwoven fabrics are widely used in disposable medical care and personal protection products, such as protective clothing, surgical clothing and masks 1 . In particular, since the global COVID‐19 epidemic, the raw materials requirement of polypropylene spunbond and melt‐blown nonwoven fabrics is rapidly increasing, acting as the most basic and extensive protective materials for epidemic prevention and control 2 . Among them, melt‐blown nonwoven fabric is usually used as a physical barrier layer for bacteria and viruses filtering because of its ultrafine fiber architecture, small pore size, high specific surface area, and excellent filtration performance.…”

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Amino‐terminated hyperbranched polymer functionalized graphene oxide with in situ trapped silver nanoparticles for high‐performance antibacterial nonwoven fabric

Zhou

Yan

Zhang

et al. 2022

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Antibacterial fabric with high thermal stability and mechanical strength is important for personalized protection, especially under the background of coronavirus pandemic (COVID‐19). This paper presents a facile approach toward high‐efficient antibacterial polypropylene spunbonded nonwoven fabrics (SNFs), which are decorated by a composite of graphene oxide embedded with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs/GO) through dip‐coating and in situ reduction effect of pre‐introduced amino‐terminated hyperbranched polymer (HBP‐NH2). Typically, HBP‐NH2 was grafted onto the GO nanosheets, then silver ions were trapped and self‐reduced by the HBP‐NH2 to generate silver nanoparticles decorated GO. The produced AgNPs are uniformly dispersed on the GO with a size of 13 nm. As an antibacterial coating, the Ag/GO composite could tightly wrap the SNFs fibers through the dip‐padding method, capable of enhancing the thermal stability and mechanical property of SNFs. The treated SNFs exhibited excellent antibacterial activities (~99.9%) against both Echerisia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, promising important potential for biomedical and personal protection applications.

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Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment: How plastic contamination from disposable surgical masks affect early development of plants

Cited by 20 publications

References 90 publications

An ecotoxicological perspective of microplastics released by face masks

An ecotoxicological perspective of microplastics released by face masks

Phytotoxicity evaluation of nutrient-fortified pomegranate peel powders prepared from food waste and their feasibility as biofertilizers

Amino‐terminated hyperbranched polymer functionalized graphene oxide with in situ trapped silver nanoparticles for high‐performance antibacterial nonwoven fabric

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