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Why Are Masks Made of Toxic Plastic?

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Do you know what your face mask is made of? If it’s a commercial type sold in hundreds of outlets around the world, it’s possible that the mask you’re wearing could give you asthma, or exacerbate your asthma if you already have it.

For example, surgical masks are made of plastics like polypropylene, a known asthma trigger that The Lung Association Ontario includes in its “All About Asthma Triggers” information pamphlets for health care providers. Face shields, on the other hand, consist of plastics such as polycarbonate, propionate, acetate, polyvinyl chloride, and polyethylene terephthalate glycol (also known as PETG).

SOURCES: 

Thomas Industry News July 2020

Thomas Industry News July 2020 

The Lung Association Ontario 2009