Discarded COVID-19 Masks Pose Pollution Problems: Experts

People receive boxes of KN95 face masks during a back-to-school event offering school supplies, COVID-19 vaccinations, face masks, and other resources for children and their families at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 7, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

A year and five months since Americans were told they had “two weeks to flatten the curve,” the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, has had many long-range effects, many of which are still poorly understood.

One such effect is the environmental pollution caused by protective masks, which have been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other public health agencies at various times to various groups.