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Viral Photo of Bird Caught in Used Face Mask Shows Covid-19 Waste Problem is Real
News 18Scientists at a university in Netherlands have shared a photo of a bird entangled in a used face mask, thus warning that the preventive measures undertaken to deal with coronavirus has been harming the animals in the world. A team of researchers in the Leiden University have warned that the waste generated from discarded masks, gloves and other forms of PPE materials are acting as a ‘ticking plastic time bomb’ for the animals and ‘killing them’ in parts of the world, Daily Mail reported. The team also came across animals such as foxes and birds that had been tangled in face masks, in the stomach of a penguin and they even found birds nests that were made out of discarded plastic waste. The scientists, who conducted a study on these plastic waste and its effects on the animals and birds published in the journal Animal Biology, Nature conservationists are urging better disposal of the Covid safety equipment made of plastic so that it lessens the impact of these on birds and animals.
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