Disposable blue face masks found to contain toxic, asbestos-like substance that destroys lungs
Natural News) Health Canada has issued a warning about blue and gray disposable face masks, which contain an asbestos-like substance associated with “early pulmonary toxicity.”
The SNN200642 masks, which are made in China and sold and distributed by a Quebec-based company called Métallifer, had been part of Canada’s 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).
Health Canada, however, discovered during a preliminary risk assessment that the masks contain microscopic graphene particles that, when inhaled, could cause severe lung damage.
“Graphene is a strong, very thin material that is used in fabrication, but it can be harmful to lungs when inhaled and can cause long-term health problems,” reported CBC News.
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.
“If you have this type of mask in stock, we ask that you stop distributing them and keep them in a safe place now,” the provincial government wrote in a directive, which was sent to the education, families, and higher education ministries of Canada.
As 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’s laboratory supplies, says that because of this, the masks never should have been used.
The risks associated with inhaling graphene particles is unacceptable, he added, and Canadians – and everyone else, for that matter – should immediately stop using the masks.
“We therefore ask all our customers to check if they have any in their possession,” 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.
Schools 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.
“We are now verifying whether any of these particular masks remain in our schools and centres,” reads a letter sent by the Lester B. Pearson school board to the parents of all exposed children.
“Any unused masks will be returned to our storage depot while we await further directives from the government.”
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.
Another 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.
“Shouldn’t all this stuff be tested BEFORE it even leaves the factory?” asked one CBC News commenter, expressing outrage over the government’s act now, think later approach to Wuhan flu mitigation.
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.
Comment: My research suggests that both the SNN200642 and the MC9501 face masks were manufactured in China and the distribution was limited to Canada. Never the less, please consider taking a cautionary approach when selecting your face mask, if you choose to wear one.
Side note: There is also a sterilant used for medical devices referred to as EO (which stands for Ethylene Oxide, which is a carcinogen)that should also be avoided.
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Since the citizenry of the United States became aware a novel coronavirus discovered in China was afflicting humans with a sometimes severe and fatal respiratory illness, there has been a national debate over the efficacy and sensibility of everyday people wearing protective face coverings. The ponder, To Wear or not To Wear, has morphed from a query demanding a science-based response into a philosophical and ideological battle of the wills. Why? Because discovery Science did what it usually does . . . offered suggestions based on findings from laboratory-based and anecdotal data, with no definitives. Instead of honestly trying to help us keep ourselves and our loved ones safe from illness, bureaucrats and politicians have used limited data to – once again – engineer humanity.
When collected info on SARS-CoV-2 began to show a strong indication here and a vague perhaps there, control freak types decided to exploit ignorance with emotional hype; the choice was made to alarm rather than to inform. Openings left by logical Science were filled with emotional implorings delivered from a vantage purportedly more enlightened than the average Deplorable is able to grasp. National and international scientific “experts” with letters after their names – who are little more than career bureaucrats with advanced college degrees – began constructing unnecessary and unreasonable guidelines for citizens they neither know nor understand. Appointed and elected officials hoisted themselves imperiously atop anti-viral warhorses, assigning citizenship value to each of us based on our employment. Dismissing those who did not bow and fawn over their edicts as uneducated and uncaring louts. Such denigrating judgments coming from people with the shakiest morals and ethics displayed by humans since the advent of indoor plumbing makes that faction of this viral hysteria particularly absurd.
In the beginning, we were told mask wearing was pointless, the virus was able to penetrate through anything less than a respirator. That’s the truth. A basic, honest message at the onset would have been helpful. Something like . . .
“Face masking will help reduce the transmission of the virus but will not keep you safe from contracting same. Right now, we have an inexcusable shortage of PPE so are asking the General Public to please not use any professional grade respirators. Instead, use one of these face coverings* when you are going to be around others. (*see list of commercially and individually manufactured face mask designs approved to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.)”
Rather than issue a common sense directive like the example above, bureaucrats ’round the globe decided to go with . . .
“SOCIAL DISTANCE OR WE’LL ALL DIE! (2 meters, six feet, two feet – ignore the discrepancies, just follow whatever instruction your geographical zone is supposed to follow.) Don’t waste your time or your money on cloth or surgical-type masks, they are ineffective. Do not selfishly use apparel needed by medical professionals and first responders. Instead, stay home with your grumpy ass kids and try not to exhale on other life forms, even when cursing the day said life form was born because you are now expected to be a higher math teacher in between advanced literature lessons and Zoom calls. Oh, and wash your hands. Especially you people who insist on going to work. By the way, if you are going to work and have not been deemed essential personnel, you’re a selfish jerk who rejects Science.”
President Trump chose to respect the non-committal nature of scientific discovery. Rather than invent definitives, he’s been comfortable in the world of the unknown . . . encouraging people to exercise common sense, to make prudent choices for themselves and for their families. And, he decided to respect State’s rights, allowing and expecting Governors to decide how to handle the virus as it moved across the nation. Some opportunists amongst us recognised the sad truth that many citizens have already been conditioned by the Nanny State. Those savvier exploiters decided to take off the Democrat gloves, grabbing ahold us with both of their lil Red hands.
A few months of Communism 101 and we find ourselves in a very tense nation where the only altar regularly open for legal worship is Hypocrisy. Federal officials, governors and town mayors are stomping all over citizens rights in the name of Public Safety. Unenforceable edicts mandating the wearing of face coverings when in public erupt across the nation. “If you want to go out, you have to cover up,” seems more like a shakedown than responsible governing.
The displays of dual standards generously applied to unmasked conservatives at peaceful rallies and unmasked retards destroying other people’s property in cities like Minneapolis, Seattle and Portland become more and more difficult to justify and digest. People are growing ever more restless, resentful and not inclined to believe everything somebody propped up behind a camera might have to say about almost any facet of any topic, much less COVID-19. Trust is in short supply, skepticism has turned to outright scoffing. The anti-mask crowd starts to dig in, potentially at their own expense . . . common sense takes a back seat to principle. It’s getting real crazy, now.
Adults are telling other adults how to behave, attacking strangers verbally and physically if they walk about in public with their smile showing. When the unmasked do defend themselves from rabidly dutiful drones, that is the masking conflict story published in the national news. Other way around, one has to search for postings of personal cellphone video and through internet blogs to find the stories of innocent, bare-faced citizens being assaulted by crazed, masked Marxists. In an already dicey economic climate, supposedly peace loving, tolerant enforcers of unproven scientific lore have actually gotten people fired from their jobs and multi-generational businesses permanently shuttered.
The masking debate has become a competition for bored, healthy, sport-deprived people. An unnecessary debate as there was always an easy way to avoid any conflict – government, tell the truth and citizens, mind your own business. Oh, the health and well-being of society IS your business, ya say? Then, go clean the human feces off of San Francisco’s sidewalks.
Scientific discovery no longer matters, people have made up their minds and that is all there is to it. Those who bristle against government overreach and meddling strangers will refuse any mask mandates, on principle. Evidence of efficacy might change some minds if presented as true Science . . . can we trust anything that’s offered as same? Common sense, observation and studies performed with influenza viruses in the past say Yes, a properly applied, properly manufactured face covering will help to limit the spread of COVID-19 infections. Help limit the spread. Not, stop the spread or keep you 100% safe from infection. That’s the info, let adults cogitate and act as they feel is suitable.
Face Mask Shamers, a word . . . suggesting people who do not wear face masks in public ought not get a hospital bed should they fall ill with COVID-19 is not a fine example of caring about the health and well-being of your fellow humanoids. Truly, mind your own damn business. Since so many of you are used to being led by the hand through Life, I’ve provided a few tips on how to accomplish this feat:
If you work retail for a store with a mandatory face mask policy, do not invade an unmasked customers Social Distance space to call them bad names. Call the police and report a loiterer, have them remove the unmasked person from your premises. And, shut the hell up.
Remember that you are not the owner, boss, parent or legal guardian of other adults so have zero authority to tell them what to do.
To the point above, a polite request may beget a positive response. May. Being kind does not mean others will be kind to you. Believe it, or not.
You embraced Social Distancing as the means by which we’d beat this beast, go back to doing that. Keep space between yourself and the unmasked. Please.
This mask “thing” is a fine illustration of what happens when fearful and timid people who have grown accustomed to receiving confident, unambivalent instruction from the Party, I mean their elected officials, are expected to make thoughtful choices for themselves. The whole mess could have been avoided with honesty, courtesy, tolerance and respect for differences. Characteristics the willing tools of useful idiots would be able to employ if they’d been properly parented, that’s another rant for another day. A reminder for the folks who didn’t get the memo . . .
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.“ – Ronald Reagan
