{"id":62717,"date":"2021-04-28T16:43:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=62717"},"modified":"2021-04-28T16:47:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:47:37","slug":"disposable-blue-face-masks-found-to-contain-toxic-asbestos-like-substance-that-destroys-lungs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=62717","title":{"rendered":"Disposable blue face masks found to contain toxic, asbestos-like substance that destroys lungs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Submitted by JY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">4\/27\/2021 &#8212; Disposable blue face Masks found to contain toxic, asbestos-like substance that destroys lungs &#8212; Derek Knauss <\/span>&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/naturanews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/naturanews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619724716089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFey0cnHtweiUhFqRuNwh4ymkxZZA\">naturanews.com<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prepareforchange.net\/2021\/04\/27\/disposable-blue-face-masks-found-to-contain-toxic-asbestos-like-substance-that-destroys-lungs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/prepareforchange.net\/2021\/04\/27\/disposable-blue-face-masks-found-to-contain-toxic-asbestos-like-substance-that-destroys-lungs\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619724716089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGqRqxfL5DrkbyWv_HaADV7M3Y1IQ\">Disposable blue face Masks found to contain toxic, asbestos-like substance that destroys lungs &#8211; Prepare For Change<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Health Canada has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/masks-early-pulmonary-toxicity-quebec-schools-daycares-1.5966387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/masks-early-pulmonary-toxicity-quebec-schools-daycares-1.5966387&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619724716089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7BtH_GPVOrBMfGRp73-xAtE7BOQ\">issued a warning<\/a>\u00a0about blue and gray disposable face masks, which contain an asbestos-like substance associated with \u201cearly pulmonary toxicity.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0The SNN200642 masks, which are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2020-04-03-chinese-factory-worker-caught-rubbing-dirty-feet-on-face-masks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2020-04-03-chinese-factory-worker-caught-rubbing-dirty-feet-on-face-masks.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619724716089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJENEDfCP8uYwEbFzXmMQvDlq-ZQ\">made in China<\/a>\u00a0and sold and distributed by a Quebec-based company called M\u00e9tallifer, had been part of Canada\u2019s public school reopening plan. Students were told that they needed to wear them in the classroom to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).\u00a0 \u00a0Health Canada, however, discovered during a preliminary risk assessment that the <span style=\"font-size: large;\">masks contain microscopic graphene particles that, when inhaled, could cause severe lung damage.\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0<span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cGraphene is a strong, very thin material that is used in fabrication,<\/span> but it can be harmful to lungs when inhaled and can cause long-term health problems,\u201d reported\u00a0<i>CBC News<\/i>.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: large;\"> For a while now, some daycare educators had expressed suspicion about the masks, which were causing children to feel as though they were swallowing cat hair while wearing them. We now know that instead of cat hair, children were inhaling the equivalent of asbestos all day long.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cIf you have this type of mask in stock, we ask that you stop distributing them and keep them in a safe place now,\u201d the provincial government wrote in a directive, which was sent to the education, families, and higher education ministries of Canada.\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b> Face masks are neither safe nor effective\u00a0<\/b> <\/span><b>\u00a0As it turns out, the SNN200642 masks that were being used all across Canada in school classrooms had never been tested for safety or effectiveness. Patrick Baillargeon, who heads up purchasing for Quebec\u2019s laboratory supplies, says that because of this, the masks never should have been used.\u00a0 The risks associated with inhaling graphene particles is unacceptable, he added, and Canadians \u2013 and everyone else, for that matter \u2013 should immediately stop using the masks.\u00a0 \u201cWe therefore ask all our customers to check if they have any in their possession,\u201d Baillargeon wrote in a notice, further revealing that at the time of their acquisition and distribution, the blue and gray disposable face masks were not in compliance with government regulations.\u00a0 \u00a0Schools and other facilities adopted them due to fears surrounding the Chinese virus, but this rushed, reactionary response is now causing other problems in the form of lung damage.<\/b><b>\u201cWe are now verifying whether any of these particular masks remain in our schools and centres,\u201d reads a letter sent by the Lester B. Pearson school board to the parents of all exposed children.\u00a0 \u201cAny unused masks will be returned to our storage depot while we await further directives from the government.\u201d\u00a0 Back in December, the Quebec government had distributed these toxic masks to more than 15,000 daycare centers throughout the province. None of the masks met safety standards and were later ordered to no longer be used.\u00a0 \u00a0Another similar style of disposable mask, known as MC9501, was likewise pulled from distribution throughout Canada after it was determined to be unsafe. As many as 31.1 million toxic masks from this line were distributed before the government realized that they are unfit for use.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cShouldn\u2019t all this stuff be tested BEFORE it even leaves the factory?\u201d asked one\u00a0<\/b><i>CBC News<\/i><b>\u00a0commenter, expressing outrage over the government\u2019s\u00a0<\/b><i>act now, think later<\/i><b>\u00a0approach to Wuhan flu mitigation.\u00a0 Others called for heads to roll over the fiasco, as well as an immediate end to all face mask use as the coverings are both useless and harmful no matter what materials were used in their production.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201c<b>To force a child to wear a toxic face mask is child abuse,\u201d one wrote. \u201cI hope lawsuits will follow.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/span>More coverage of the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pandemic.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pandemic.news\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619724716089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFNlSZamzFIyocEUeTgDPZaaW_9XQ\">Pandemic.news<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}