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Teale Bondaroff, lead author of the report and director of Hong Kong-based marine conservation organization OceansAsia, said those 1.56 billion face masks are on top of the eight to 12 million metric tonnes of plastic that enter the world’s oceans annually. What’s worse is that each of those face masks could take over 400 years to degrade, all the while leaching toxic chemicals that threaten marine life. The report also found that some 52 billion face masks were produced in 2020 to make up for the sudden spike in demand shortly after the  World Health Organization (WHO) declared the CO...

Teale Bondaroff, lead author of the report and director of research for the organization, said the masks are just a small fraction of the estimated eight to 12 million metric tons of plastic that enter oceans each year. Still, face masks could take about 450 years to degrade, all the while leaching toxic chemicals that threaten wildlife. The group estimated that some 52 billion face masks were produced in 2020 to answer for the sudden demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Bondaroff and his colleagues also pointed out that the increased use and production of plastic face shields and perso...