Dynamic COVID Zero Strategy triggered a significant increase of chlorine-based disinfectant

作     者：Xuhao Wang Mai Su Chunyan Wang Yi Liu 

作者机构：School of EnvironmentTsinghua UniversityBeijing 100084China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》 (环境科学与工程前沿（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第18卷第8期

页      面：73-80页

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学科分类：12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52091544) 

主　　题：COVID-19 Dynamic COVID Zero Strategy Disinfectants consumption Bottom-up approach Scenario analysis 

摘      要：Chlorine-based disinfectants(CBDs)have been widely used to prevent and control the spread of the COVID-19,which may lead to the formation of carcinogenic *** China,strict disinfection strategies by local governments/communities or volunteering by residents have been implemented to meet the Dynamic COVID Zero(DCZ)***,the amount of CBDs used has not been *** author proposed an urban-scale disinfectant consumption estimation(ALICE)model to quantify weekly CBD *** results show that the CBD consumption for the urban region of Beijing during the DCZ strategy was 3704.0 t(0.43 kg/(cap-yr)),equivalent to a monthly increase of 15 g/cap(70.5%)in CBD consumption compared with that in *** to the scenario analysis,a stricter strategy with a shorter response time toward new cases will decrease the total CBD consumption by 1.2% compared with the baseline estimation.A more precise prevention strategy with a smaller delineation of risk area and a less stringent strategy with a longer response time will lower the total CBD consumption by 0.42% and 0.35%,***,the more precise prevention strategy will reduce CBD consumption of close off and lockdown area(COLD area)by 16.9%,and the stricter strategy will reduce this consumption by 37.7%.This study highlights the impact of pandemic prevention and control strategies on chlorine-based disinfectant consumption and some implications for future environmental pollution and risk assessments.