Face masks are laced with cancer-causing toxic chemicals

Cancer News ^ | 4/5/2021 | Virgilio Marin

[LibWhacker]

Scientists found that some face masks used by the general public are laced with toxic chemicals, including known carcinogens and environmental pollutants. Michael Braungart, a German chemist and the scientific director of environmental nonprofit Hamburg Environmental Institute, carried out tests on face masks that people had worn shortly before developing rashes on the face.

He detected formaldehyde, aniline and other toxic chemicals in the used masks.

Formaldehyde is used to give new face masks a “clean” smell. It is classified as a carcinogen by the World Health Organization‘s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer. Inhaling formaldehyde over a short period of time can cause burning sensations in the eyes, nose and throat, as well as coughing, wheezing and nausea.

Aniline, a highly corrosive industrial chemical, is also a known carcinogen. Additionally, it is considered a pollutant of serious concern due to its high toxicity.

Braungart noticed that artificial fragrances were applied to some masks, perhaps to hide the unpleasant smell of toxic chemicals. Blue-colored masks also contained cobalt, a heavy metal commonly used to produce blue dyes.

“What we are breathing through our mouth and nose is actually hazardous waste,” Braungart bared. “All in all, we have a chemical cocktail in front of our nose and mouth that has never been tested for either toxicity or any long-term effects on health.” (Related: BOMBSHELL: Disposable blue face masks found to contain toxic, asbestos-like substance that destroys lungs.)

Exposure to chemicals soars with mask-wearing Modern Testing Services, a firm that provides consumer product testing services worldwide, also spotted clear evidence of chemicals in face masks, including formaldehyde and perfluorocarbons (PFCs). PFCs are chemicals commonly used to make products that are resistant to heat, water, oil and the like. They persist in the environment and have been found in wildlife.

“Honestly, I had not expected PFCs would be found in a surgical mask, but we have special routine methods in our labs to detect these chemicals easily and can immediately identify them. This is a big issue,” Dieter Sedlak, managing director and co-founder of Modern Testing Services, said.

Sedlak surmised that PFCs were applied as a fluid repellant since the chemicals are effective at repelling viruses. The concentrations of PFC in masks lay within the safe limit of 16 milligrams per kilogram. But Sedlak noted that if the mask were worn, the level of exposure would soar past the safe limit over time.

“PFC on your face, on your nose, on the mucus membranes or on the eyes is not good,” he said.

Both Sedlak and Braungart said that their work was not enough to determine whether all face masks were dangerous, but they were certain that some masks in circulation are concerning.

“Based on my practical experience, there is certainly an elevated unreasonable risk,” Sedlak remarked.

Are face masks sold in the US regulated? Face coverings that are used for medical purposes, such as to prevent the spread of infections, are considered medical devices. As such, they have to meet the safety standards set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before they are made available to consumers. Besides measuring masks’ ability to filter out germs, the FDA also checks whether masks are flammable and harmful to living tissues.

Due to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the agency loosened regulations for medical devices over the past year to expand their availability. But this did not include products that are FDA-cleared or are made in China.

China was the world’s leading mask manufacturer before and during the pandemic. According to China’s General Administration of Customs, the country exported around 224 billion face masks from March through December last year. This is equal to nearly 40 masks for every person in the world outside of China. (Related: Chinese company charged with sending defective face masks to the US.)

It was not clear whether the face coverings that Sedlak and Braungart tested were China-made. But some products sold in the United States did not go through FDA’s review process despite bearing the FDA logo on their packaging and having “FDA-approved” certificates. Experts who examined such masks determined that the logo and certificates were bogus and that the products, which were packaged without a company name and address, likely came from China.

Visit Pandemic.news for more about the hidden dangers of mask-wearing and other pandemic mandates

[Gene Eric]

I wear a woman’s napkin. I smell fresh. No one bothers me.

[HIDEK6]

I tried to post this article on Facebook and they rejected it. They said it was spam.

[The Fop]

DIE MASKERS DIE

[LibWhacker]

Great, China develops the virus then distributes millions of cancer-causing masks to protect people from it.

What’s it going to take?

[dragnet2]

So the solution is to change your mask with a new one every hour. Dr. Fauci approves.

[DannyTN]

that some face masks used by the general public

So which ones?

I agree it's a legitimate issue that needs to be addressed. But don't impune all masks because of a few.

[Equine1952]

Has anyone ever called you a wussie. Just asking. Oh, and do you do it more than 4 or 5 days a month?

[lightman]

Masks are:

1) a sign of submission, subversion and subjugation
2) mandated in order to dehumanize
3) virtue signaling devices
4) meant to provide constant reinforcement of fear
5) used to destroy community, friends and family normal communication
6) implemented to create isolation, confusion, anxiety, destroy human connectivity, trust and interactions
7) mandated to exacerbate illness
8) intended to aid in the abandonment of the belief and reliance on our immune systems
9) intended to refute integrous science
10) signal to positions of power that you are willing to give up all of your rights and freedoms based on anything they say, even if it is a BIG FAT LIE!

[lightman]

So the solution is to change your mask with a new one every hour. Dr. Fauci approves.

That'll blow through your Stimulus III in less than three months.

[Gene Eric]

Guessing you wear a face diaper... Has anyone ever called you an asswipe?

[familyop]

Not the masks that I used. Local women knowledgeable in textiles made them with two layers of closely woven cotton (with pockets for an extra filter if needed), large pipe cleaners (from craft departments, for the fit around the bridge of the nose), elastic bands and a snug fit for local doctors, nurses, nursing home employees and store employees. Advice for the mask designs came from medical people, medical suppliers, industrial engineers and textiles technicians around the world. Very comfortable. They’re shaped somewhat like the Asian sand storm mask in the old Mortal Kombat 2 video game, where the character said, “Get over here!” ;)

[GnuThere]

I’ve been wearing cloth masks almost exclusively, but as a backup I bought a box of those cheap blue masks (probably from China) and they definitely smell funny. No telling what I’m breathing with one of those on - I suspect both fibers and chemicals.

[lightman]

Here’s the best way to protest:

1) Go to a “woke” big box store like Trader Joe’s.

2) Fill your cart with perishables—expensive meat and seafood perishables.

3) Take off the d@mn face diaper

Now whataretheygonnado?

[BrexitBen]

Face masks from Red China ?

The CCP really covered all bases when they initiated this germ warfare.

[familyop]

"He detected formaldehyde, aniline..."

That's fake news and a hoax, by the way. Those two chemicals are in all of the new textiles that you wear and wipe your faces and bodies with. It washes out in the laundry. So wash those towels, wash rags, clothes and masks before using them. And just say no to creepy, anti-vax, fake news.

[familyop]

Those chemicals keep your new fabrics from arriving rotten and full of bugs.

[exnavy]

Just like the vaccines. Everything about this plandemic is death.

[lee martell]

I think he was just joking.

[nutmeg]

LOL!