Beaches on the French Côte d’Azur like Cannes or St. Tropez are among the most coveted vacation spots worldwide, but now the coronavirus pandemic has left an abundance of pollutants in the water: ...

In May, the French nonprofit Opération Mer Propre reported collecting several used face masks within waves of the Mediterranean Sea. According to the organization’s report, there has been a surge in ...

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Gloves and masks are seen with other litter on the ocean floor.From Opération Mer Propre ...

Conservationists are getting worried about the amount of pandemic-related waste. “How about this summer swimming with COVID-19?” asked Laurent Lombard, founder of the nonprofit Opération Mer Propre ...

Opération Mer Propre (Operation Clean Sea) is looking to raise awareness toward "the beginnings of a new type of pollution" in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as discarded masks and gloves have been ...

This photo taken on May 21, 2020 and providedWednesday May 27, 2020 by environmental group Operation Mer Propre (Operation Clean Sea) shows plastic gloves and face masks and other wastes off Antibes, ...

French campaign group Opération Mer Propre (Operation clean sea) released video of gloves and masks on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.May 27, 2020 © 2025 ...

This photo taken on May 21, 2020 and providedWednesday May 27, 2020 by environmental group Operation Mer Propre (Operation Clean Sea) shows plastic gloves and face masks and other wastes off Antibes, ...

Le plongeur Laurent Lombard alerte sur le nombre de masques sanitaires qui tapissent déjà les fonds marins. Une pollution inquiétante que le fondateur de l’association « Opération mer propre » dénonce ...

This photo taken on May 21, 2020 and providedWednesday May 27, 2020 by environmental group Operation Mer Propre (Operation Clean Sea) shows plastic gloves and face masks and other wastes off Antibes, ...