COVID-19’ immediate impact on ocean biodiversity with plastic wastes
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Surgical masks, gloves, protective equipment, - Covid-19 crisis has forced a rapid expansion in the production of plastic products, with governments trying to boost stockpiles and citizens rushing for their share of supplies. Such production is necessary but all that plastic ends up somewhere. Environmental campaigners fear it’s our already polluted oceans which are already choking under the weight of plastic wastes.