Living with Covid-19 Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Issues

1. COVID-19 in the Environment

Gabriela Zimmermann Prado Rodrigues, Aline Belem Machado, Juliana Machado Kayser, G¨unther Gehlen, and Daiane Bolzan Berlese

2. Environmental Fate of COVID-19

Daniela Montanari Migliavacca Os´orio, Alessa Maria Ceratti, Darlan Daniel Alves, Eduarda Sthefanie Mittelstadt, Fernando Luzardo Rabelo, Filipe Brochier, J ´ ulia Luz Bohrer, Vanusca Dalosto Jahno, and Daniela M¨uller de Quevedo

3. Health Hazards of COVID-19

Aline Belem Machado, Gabriela Zimmermann Prado Rodrigues, Jorge Henrique Burghausen, G¨unther Gehlen, and Daiane Bolzan Berlese

4. Personal Protective Equipment and Coronavirus Disease

Daniela Patr´ıcia Freire Bonfim, Bruno de Ara´ ujo Lima, Tayanna Cristina Passos Pereira, Mar´ılia Sonego, Alessandro Estarque de Oliveira, V´ adila Giovana Guerra, and Mˆonica Lopes Aguiar

5. Health ServiceWaste and COVID-19: Monitoring, Risk Assessment, Approaches, and Challenges
 
Gustavo Marques da Costa and Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

6. Coronavirus: Exposure and Risk toWorkers’ Health

C´atia Aguiar Lenz and Michele Antunes

7. Ethical Issues in COVID-19

Haide Maria Hupffer, Maicon Artmann, and Wilson Engelmann

8. Brazil against COVID-19: Analysis from a Typology of Public Policies to Face the Pandemic with Development

M´ario Jaime Gomes de Lima and Iara Regina Chaves

9. Economic Effects of COVID-19 on Brazil in the Twenty-First Century

Iara Regina Chaves and M´ario Jaime Gomes de Lima

10. New Legalization for COVID-19

M´arcio Teixeira Bittencourt, Germana Menescal Bittencourt, and Katiucia Nascimento Adam

11. Modern Policy and Decision Making about COVID-19

Wilson Engelmann, J´eferson Alexandre Rodrigues, and Haide Maria Hupffer

12. Physical Barrier against COVID-19: Materials to Inhibit or Eliminate the Virus

Alessandro Estarque de Oliveira, Karine Machry, Bruno Jos´e Chiaramonte de Castro, Gustavo Cardoso da Mata, Andr´e Bernardo, V´ adila Giovana Guerra, and Mˆonica Lopes Aguiar

Biography

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories at the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials in environmental protection, analytical chemistry, and various industrial sectors. Dr. Hussain has authored numerous papers published in peer-reviewed journals and edited several scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas, published by Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley, and Springer, among others.

Gustavo Marques da Costa is a professor with experience in diverse levels of education. His research focuses on the methods used to evaluate the quality of atmospheric air and water in urban areas with an emphasis on nanotechnology, biomonitoring, genotoxicity, and abiotic parameters that can influence the quality of the environment. His other areas of interest are ichthyology, neuroscience, and plant biotechnology. Dr. da Costa is author of several book chapters and scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals. He is also reviewer of journals focusing on environmental sciences.