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It might seem a bit strange to put those two titled items together.

But actually, not at all surprising.

Nanoparticles are used in structuring some vaccines, but here the articles below

address primarily issues of waste plastic.

Masks and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) have significant plastic content.

A waste management problem of huge proportions existed already before the

COVID-19 pandemic, which only made things worse. The video at the bottom of

this page summarizes some numbers that might be of interest. 

Here are some articles related to those subjects:

Investigating the current status of COVID-19 related
plastics and their potential impact on human health.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8441111/pdf/main.pdf

and

Unraveling the potential human health risks from used disposable face
mask-derived micro/nanoplastics during the COVID-19 pandemic scenario:
A critical review 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9671534/pdf/main.pdf

and

Generation and consequence of nano/microplastics from medical waste and during the COVID-19 pandemic

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004565352203507X

and

The predictive model for COVID-19 pandemic plastic pollution by using deep learning method

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31416-y

and

Disposable masks release microplastics to the aqueous environment with
exacerbation by natural weathering 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389421010001

and

Plastic and its consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8287553/pdf/11356_2021_Article_15425.pdf

and

A critical synthesis of current peer-reviewed literature on the environmental and human health impacts of COVID-19 PPE litter: New findings and next steps

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389421019130

and

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates a shift to a plastic circular economy

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-021-00223-2

and, (not quite the same topic of course, but hey...)

Characterization of nanoparticles-based vaccines for COVID-19

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01129-w

And as a special bonus, here is my video on the subject of plastics in general with respect to health impacts:

The link to the video is here:  https://youtu.be/4nR52lFtP-U

And I embedded it below for your viewing convenience.

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