| Title: | Present cum future of SARS-CoV-2 virus and its associated control of virus-laden air pollutants leading to potential environmental threat - A global review |
| Author(s): | Mukherjee S; Boral S; Siddiqi H; Mishra A; Meikap BC; |
| Address: | "Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India. School of Bioscience, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India. Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Howard College Campus, University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN), King George V Avenue, Durban 4041, South Africa" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104973 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2213-2929 (Print) 2213-3437 (Electronic) 2213-2929 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The world is presently infected by the biological fever of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. The present study is mainly related to the airborne transmission of novel coronavirus through airway. Similarly, our mother planet is suffering from drastic effects of air pollution. There are sufficient probabilities or evidences proven for contagious virus transmission through polluted airborne-pathway in formed aerosol molecules. The pathways and sources of spread are detailed along with the best possible green control technologies or ideas to hinder further transmission. The combined effects of such root causes and unwanted outcomes are similar in nature leading to acute cardiac arrest of our planet. To maintain environmental sustainability, the prior future of such emerging unknown biological hazardous air emissions is to be thoroughly researched. So it is high time to deal with the future of hazardous air pollution and work on its preventive measures. The lifetime of such an airborne virus continues for several hours, thus imposing severe threat even during post-lockdown phase. The world waits eagerly for the development of successful vaccination or medication but the possible outcome is quite uncertain in terms of equivalent economy distribution and biomedical availability. Thus, risk assessments are to be carried out even during the post-vaccination period with proper environmental surveillance and monitoring. The skilled techniques of disinfection, sanitization, and other viable wayouts are to be modified with time, place, and prevailing climatic conditions, handling the pandemic efficiently. A healthy atmosphere makes the earth a better place to dwell, ensuring its future lifecycle" |
| Keywords: | "2019-nCoV, 2019 novel coronavirus ACE2, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 ALRI, Acute Lower Respiratory Infections ANN, artificial neural network API, air pollution index ASTM, American Society for Testing and Materials Aerosol or particulate matter Airborn;" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEMukherjee, Subhrajit Boral, Soumendu Siddiqi, Hammad Mishra, Asmita Meikap, Bhim Charan eng Review Netherlands 2021/01/20 J Environ Chem Eng. 2021 Apr; 9(2):104973. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104973. Epub 2021 Jan 13" |
