Fonte: https://www.oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ocean-covid-waste/ causato da COVID-19 e la sua sorte nell'oceano globale. L'art. di Yiming Peng et al. , è disponibile on line dall'8 novembre 2021 su Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Una descrizione in CBS News : "Plastic waste causes harm to marine life and has become a major global environmental concern. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastic, intensifying pressure on this already out-of-control problem. This work shows that more than eight million tons of pandemic-associated plastic waste have been generated globally, with more than 25,000 tons entering the global ocean. Most of the plastic is from medical waste generated by hospitals..." / I rifiuti di plastica causano danni alla vita marina e sono diventati una grande preoccupazione ambientale globale. La recente pandemia di COVID-19 ha portato a un
