Cloth masks offer poor protection against air pollution

Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 05:01 in Health & Medicine

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 polluted areas, results of a new study by environmental health scientists suggest.

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