Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach

<div>(a) Pure culture of <i>Pseudomonas</i> sp. strain. (b) Pretreated PP mask pieces. (c) PP mask placed on the culture-inoculated nutrient agar plate. (d) PP mask pieces on nutrient agar after 30 days.</div>

Journal of Chemistry

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Figure 1: Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach 

Figure 1 | Environmental Hazard of Polypropylene from Disposable Face Masks Linked to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Possible Mitigation Techniques through a Green Approach 