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Surgical Mask

Masks and gloves are saving lives—and causing pollution

Source: AP News

Clean-up volunteers and scientists question what can be done to address the increase in disposable masks and gloves littering land and oceans.

This entry was posted in A Matter of Life or Death, Dealing with Disaster, Responses to Change and tagged Current Events, People on May 1, 2021 by Jessica Volkening-Hayes.

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