“…It was reported that exposure to airborne MPs could cause inflammation, immune disorders, and neurodegeneration ( Prata et al, 2020 ). Moreover, aquatic organisms easily ingest facemasks, affecting the food web that could end up in the human diet ( Aragaw, 2020 ; Bradney et al, 2019 ; Chen et al, 2022 ; Dharmaraj et al, 2021 ; Issac and Kandasubramanian, 2021 ; Ray et al, 2022 ; Zhao et al, 2022 ). It mainly concerns coastal populations, which rely heavily on seafood as their primary protein source ( Bene et al, 2016 ; Mendoza et al, 2021 ; Rodrigues and Villasante, 2016 ).…”