Interesting article here about the use of PFAS chemicals in disposable masks...remember 3M is a chemical company that ads PFAS to its disposable N95 mask to help them resist water.
PFAS stands for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and are manufactured chemicals used in products that resist heat, oil, stains and water.
There is a possible cancer link, but that is questionable. testicular and kidney cancer were the 2 main cancers and also serious environmental damage to the waterways etc.
3M spokesperson Sean Lynch said that some models of the company's standard N95 respirators "may contain trace amounts of certain PFAS" in the covering's headband due to processing aids. He said that surgical N95 respirators do not contain PFAS.
** All the more reason to get your healthcare workers to use re-usable PAPR masks and not disposable N95 masks, they are potential cancer causes and extremely damaging to the environment
Face masks emerge as flashpoint in PFAS debatePFAS and cancer, a scoping review of the epidemiologic evidence
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