Ciências Marinhas: Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento

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The Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis on Water and Soil Safety and Health with Emphasis on Iran Situation

Abdullah Kaviani Rad, Foroogh Golkar

Coronavirus, suddenly and gradually spread throughout the world. Although the adverse economic and social effects of the Coronavirus significantly increase the negative point of the disease, it also had a positive aspect, and that was the return of nature to its original place. Water is one of the most critical environmental factors which are highly polluted by human activities. Water has also a direct effect on soil pollution. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers on farms, discharges of sewage and industrial effluents into the seas, acid rain, and oil pollution are among the factors that pollute water and soil; in this way, Corona disease seems to affect the quality of water and soil by reducing these activities. Today, providing quality water and preventing its shortage crisis is one of the biggest problems for governments.