PPE AND AFTERMATH OF THIS PANDEMIC ON ENVIRONMENT

Post by: Ganesh C L

While some people are thinking that this lockdown was a big recovery for the environment as the economic activities went down after a strict shut down by the government leading to a downfall in the emission of gases. Even I had written a post on this. You can check it out by clicking here.

Also, there has been a new kind of source for pollution happening in the global scenario. It’s the use of PPE kits used by people for testing and by doctors and nurses who are treating the coronavirus affected people. They have to dispose it every day as it will be dangerous to reuse.

These kits are made of the material HIMEX®, which provides resistance to chemicals, and mechanical resistance.


According to an interview (the full article is mentioned below in the reference section) made by The Hindu to Dr K. K. Aggarwal who said that, Currently, 40 lakh health workers are fighting against COVID-19. We need 20 to 25 lakh protective equipment every day to protect the workers from the infection.

But improper disposal of these kits is really dangerous to the people who might accidentally get in contact with it. Also, it has caused a lot of pollution to the environment as they are not bio-degradable or safe for reuse or recycle.

If there is even a small percentage of improper disposal every day, it will have a very big negative effect.  

Are these changes going to sustain after this crisis…??

I had this question while doing my first article. To answer my question I again went to the NASA’s Giovanni website and found the after-crisis emission records of the financial crisis and found that after a year or more, the emissions became normal as it was in the before and had increased a lot more as the demand had increased for economic activities.

Click on the images to zoom 


Nitrogen dioxide emissions


Carbon dioxide emissions

Methane Emissions 

    Seeing these transitions in the earth’s atmosphere in the previous scenario, the emissions really went up a lot than it was before the crisis.

       There will be a lot of economic demand in the world and most people on this planet will be working on the demand meet up. The same scenario will be seen in the future after this crisis with a lot more complications. There will be an increase in pollution by many folds as it was before this pandemic lockdown. 

        It is time to renovate our minds for a better world. Let's Make This A Greener and A Better World.      

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Comments

  1. Igor BJuly 13, 2020 at 11:28 AM

    Thanks for information about PPE kits. Protection instructions are interesting about how to wear the clothes. Thanks for chemicals emissions charts.

    Read also:
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