Microplastics as an emerging source of particulate air pollution: A critical review

S Sridharan, M Kumar, L Singh, NS Bolan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accumulation of plastic litter exerts pressure on the environment. Microplastics (MPs)
pollution has become a universal challenge due to the overexploitation of plastic products …

A shock like no other: coronavirus rattles commodity markets

H Rajput, R Changotra, P Rajput, S Gautam… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) originated in China has now covered around
213 countries globally. It has posed health calamities which have threatened the world with …

Impact of lockdown on air quality over major cities across the globe during COVID-19 pandemic

P Kumari, D Toshniwal - Urban climate, 2020 - Elsevier
In present study, the variation in concentration of key air pollutants such as PM 2.5, PM 10,
NO 2, SO 2 and O 3 during the pre-lockdown and post-lockdown phase has been …

How (Un)sustainable Environments Are Related to the Diffusion of COVID-19: The Relation between Coronavirus Disease 2019, Air Pollution, Wind Resource and …

M Coccia - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The pandemic caused by novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is generating a high
number of cases and deaths, with negative effects on public health and economic systems …

Compromising situation of India's bio-medical waste incineration units during pandemic outbreak of COVID-19: Associated environmental-health impacts and …

PS Thind, A Sareen, DD Singh, S Singh, S John - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 induced pandemic situations have put the bio-medical waste (BMW)
management system, of the world, to test. Sudden influx, of COVID-infected patients, in …

Analysis of the scientific production of the effect of COVID-19 on the environment: A bibliometric study

LA Casado-Aranda, J Sánchez-Fernández… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fight against COVID-19 since January 2020 has become the top priority of more than
200 countries. In order to offer solutions to eradicate this global pandemic, the scientific …

Spatial inequalities of COVID-19 mortality rate in relation to socioeconomic and environmental factors across England

Y Sun, X Hu, J **e - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to examine spatial inequalities of COVID-19 mortality rate in relation
to spatial inequalities of socioeconomic and environmental factors across England …

COVID-19 Creating another problem? Sustainable solution for PPE disposal through LCA approach

H Kumar, A Azad, A Gupta, J Sharma… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Amid COVID-19, there have been rampant increase in the use of Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) kits by frontline health and sanitation communities, to reduce the …

Air quality, pollution and sustainability trends in South Asia: a population-based study

S Abdul Jabbar, L Tul Qadar, S Ghafoor… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Worsening air quality and pollution lead to numerous environmental health and
sustainability issues in the South Asia region. This study analyzes India, Nepal, Bangladesh …

Calibrating low-cost sensors for ambient air monitoring: Techniques, trends, and challenges

L Liang - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Low-cost sensors (LCSs) are widely acknowledged for bringing a paradigm shift in
supplemental traditional air monitoring by air regulatory agencies. However, there is …