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Anti-Virus Face Masks Plague Hong Kong's Beaches

posted by martyb on Saturday June 06 2020, @04:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the unmasking-pollution dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Anti-virus face masks plague Hong Kong's beaches:

Surgical masks are washing up in growing quantities on the shores of Hong Kong, a city that has overwhelmingly embraced face coverings to fight the coronavirus.

Conservationists say the masks are adding to already alarmingly high levels of plastic waste in the waters around the finance hub.

"The single use plastic mask is just another additional burden that we are leaving behind for the future generations on the beach," Gary Stokes, co-founder of OceansAsia, told AFP.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday June 06 2020, @02:02PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday June 06 2020, @02:02PM (#1004196)

    I was expecting fleas in the masks to be spreading Bubonic plague, something about the beach environment making the masks conducive to hosting fleas.

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