Cloth masks offer poor protection against air pollution

ENN
Aug 19, 2016, 12:12 pm107 pts
Results of a new study by environmental health scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that inexpensive cloth masks worn by people who hope to reduce their exposure to air pollution vary widely in effectiveness and could be giving users a false sense of security, especially in highly…

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