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Protective personal equipment on coastal environments: Identifying key drivers at a global scale.

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العنوان: Protective personal equipment on coastal environments: Identifying key drivers at a global scale.
المؤلفون: Rangel DF; Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Santos, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: drangel@unifesp.br., Costa LL; Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Instituto Solar Brasil de Desenvolvimento Saúde e Pesquisa - ISOBRAS, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Ribeiro VV; Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Santos, SP, Brazil., De-la-Torre GE; Grupo de Investigación de Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Sociedad, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru., Castro ÍB; Instituto do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, Santos, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ibcastro@unifess.br.
المصدر: Journal of hazardous materials [J Hazard Mater] 2024 Apr 15; Vol. 468, pp. 133839. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 20.
نوع المنشور: Meta-Analysis; Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 9422688 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-3336 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03043894 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Hazard Mater Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier,
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Pandemics*/prevention & control , COVID-19*/epidemiology , COVID-19*/prevention & control, Humans ; Ecosystem ; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional ; Health Personnel ; Personal Protective Equipment
مستخلص: The contamination of coastal ecosystems by personal protective equipment (PPE) emerged as a significant concern immediately following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Hence, numerous studies have assessed PPE occurrence on beaches worldwide. However, no predictors on PPE contamination was so far pointed out. The present study investigated social and landscape drivers affecting the PPE density in coastal environments worldwide using a meta-analysis approach. Spatial variables such as urban modification levels, coastal vegetation coverage, population density (HPD), distance from rivers (DNR), and poverty degree (GGRDI) were derived from global satellite data. These variables, along with the time elapsed after WHO declared the pandemic, were included in generalized additive models as potential predictors of PPE density. HPD consistently emerged as the most influential predictor of PPE density (p < 0.00001), exhibiting a positive effect. Despite the presence of complex non-linear relationships, our findings indicate higher PPE density in areas with intermediate GGRDI levels, indicative of emerging economies. Additionally, elevated PPE density was observed in areas located further away from rivers (p < 0.001), and after the initial months of the pandemic. Despite the uncertainties associated with the varied sampling methods employed by the studies comprising our database, this study offers a solid baseline for tackling the global problem of PPE contamination on beachesguiding monitoring assessments in future pandemics.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: COVID-19; Contamination; Litter; Pandemic; Plastic; Sandy Beach
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20240225 Date Completed: 20240320 Latest Revision: 20240320
رمز التحديث: 20240320
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133839
PMID: 38402681
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133839