{"id":70461,"date":"2021-06-24T08:38:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T12:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=70461"},"modified":"2021-06-24T08:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T12:44:03","slug":"why-were-quebec-schools-were-using-nanoform-graphene-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=70461","title":{"rendered":"<b><i>Why were Quebec schools using TOXIC nanoform graphene masks?!<\/i><\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\" aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<h2 class=\"article-subtitle\"><em>The Quebec government has distributed 4.6 million of the SNN200642 masks, out of the 116 million provided to schools since January.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>T&#8217;Cha Dunlevy\u00a0\u00a0\u2022\u00a0\u00a0Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70463\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70463\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70463\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-24-at-8.39.31-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-24-at-8.39.31-AM.png 569w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-24-at-8.39.31-AM-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The English Montreal School Board stated on Saturday the affected masks were not distributed &#8220;by any of our schools or centres.&#8221;\u00a0PHOTO BY JOHN MAHONEY\u00a0\/Montreal Gazette files<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Quebec\u2019s largest school service centre has withdrawn all procedural masks from its schools containing a potentially toxic material called nanoform graphene, in response to a request from the Quebec government.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre de services scolaire de Montr\u00e9al (CSSDM) made the announcement Sunday, while noting that \u201cthe vast majority of the masks used by the CSSDM were not targeted by this recall. The masks removed were adult size, blue on one side, grey on the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-video\" class=\"featured-video youtube js-widget-youtube\">\n<section id=\"video-container\" class=\"player-wrapper\" data-channel-id=\"\" data-host=\"montrealgazette.com\" data-video-id=\"3SU6uI9wTHA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"player\" class=\"youtube-iframe\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3SU6uI9wTHA?autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=1&amp;color=white&amp;controls=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmontrealgazette.com&amp;playsinline=1&amp;rel=0&amp;embed_config=%7B%22adsConfig%22%3A%7B%22adTagParameters%22%3A%7B%22cust_params%22%3A%22undefined%2526cheetah%253Dy%22%2C%22ppid%22%3A%22%22%7D%2C%22nonPersonalizedAd%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22autonavRelatedVideos%22%3Atrue%2C%22relatedChannels%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D&amp;widgetid=1\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-evt-val=\"{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;Video Autoplay&quot;: &quot;Video Autoplay&quot;, &quot;Video Location&quot;: &quot;Video Location&quot;, &quot;Video Platform&quot;: &quot;Video Platform&quot;, &quot;Video ID&quot;: &quot;Video ID&quot;}, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;All Sub Sections&quot;]}}, &quot;Video Autoplay&quot;: &quot;true&quot;, &quot;Video Location&quot;: &quot;story featured video&quot;, &quot;Video Platform&quot;: &quot;YouTube&quot;, &quot;Video ID&quot;: &quot;3SU6uI9wTHA&quot;}\" data-host=\"montrealgazette.com\" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-type=\"featured\" data-video-id=\"3SU6uI9wTHA\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>The term \u201cnanoform graphene\u201d refers to the carbon coating on the masks.<\/p>\n<p>Quebec\u2019s request followed a recommendation from Health Canada, which stated that it must further study the health risks of the masks in question, made by Quebec manufacturer M\u00e9tallifer, with the number SNN200642.<\/p>\n<p>The Quebec government has distributed 4.6 million of the SNN200642 masks, out of the 116 million provided to schools since January.<\/p>\n<p>The English Montreal School Board stated on Saturday such masks were not distributed \u201cby any of our schools or centres.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">Jim Thomas, research director at ETC Group, has spent the past two decades tracking the toxicity of nanomaterials.\u201cWe were one of the first groups to raise concerns about them back in 2002,\u201d said the Quebecer, who has been based in Nelson, B.C., for the past year.When he learned from his sister-in-law that masks containing nanoform graphene were being used in Quebec schools, \u201cI hit the roof,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Quebec government has singled out M\u00e9tallifer, Thomas says any masks containing nanoform graphene are potentially dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a much bigger story than Quebec,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m very concerned. These actions being taken in Quebec (to remove the masks from schools) need to be taken around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until Health Canada has proven that it is completely safe to use nanoform graphene in masks, Thomas believes no one should take any chances.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group\">\u201cWhat we know about graphene flakes, which is what this probably is,\u201d he said, \u201cis that \u2026 generally speaking, it\u2019s not a good idea to inhale nanoparticles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metallifer.com\/communique-presse.pdf\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"User Interaction Click\" data-evt-val=\"{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;Click Source Type&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;Click Source Name&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;Click Target URL&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;Click Source Vertical Position %&quot;, &quot;Click Source Vertical Position Pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;Click Source Type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;Click Source Name&quot;: &quot;M\\u00e9tallifer announced Saturday&quot;, &quot;Click Target URL&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/metallifer.com\/communique-presse.pdf&quot;}\">M\u00e9tallifer announced Saturday<\/a>\u00a0it is stopping all sales and distribution of its masks with model numbers SNN200642 and SMDP20605.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/health\/its-crazy-quebec-schools-were-using-nanoform-graphene-masks-expert\">https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/health\/its-crazy-quebec-schools-were-using-nanoform-graphene-masks-expert<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\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-70461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70461","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=70461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}