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Emerging Threat: Coronavirus Pollution

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published May 28, 2020 at 5:32 PM EDT
French video shot in the Mediterranean Sea shows masks and gloves littering the seabed.
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French video shot in the Mediterranean Sea shows masks and gloves littering the seabed.

Environmentalists say plastic pollution is being compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.
Environmentalists based in Europe are sounding the alarm about "coronavirus pollution." Face masks and latex gloves are starting to show up in water bodies. Former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck says we're seeing more discarded masks and gloves on New York streets

"Please do not litter your masks and your gloves. All of that is eventually going to get into our rivers and lakes and eventually the ocean."

This week French activists posted video on Facebook showing masks and gloves littering the Mediterranean seabed. (Watch it HERE.)
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Dave Lucas
Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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