said that the plastic masks can be helpful while experts work to determine the efficacy of cloth face coverings. "A face shield can serve as a physical barrier to the particles you emanate when ...

The body of work supporting masks has only grown since then ... Foster Peabody Award for the PBS NewsHour series “The Plastic Problem.” Nsikan has also worked for NPR, Science News Magazine ...

Both N95 masks and KN95 masks are made from multiple layers of synthetic material (typically a polypropylene plastic polymer) and are designed to be worn over the mouth and nose. When it comes to ...

Do they work? We asked two dermatologists and two facial plastic surgeons for their takes. What is light therapy supposed to do? LED masks feature eye and mouth holes and are typically held in ...

Almost all earlier research used powdered plastic or a brick of it; her team instead turned to the iconic, rectangular, tissue-y face masks. Some were made using classic polypropylene, others the ...

Masks work, she explained, as a filter, not as a sieve. Virus particles must weave around the layers of fibers, and as they do so, they may crash into those fibers and become trapped. Marr likened ...

The authors do not work for, consult ... In the end, instead of using plastic surgical masks, are we going to use this pineapple fibre mask? The decision is yours.

But here’s the hitch: They don’t actually go away. Face masks, gloves, and wipes are made from multiple plastic fibers, primarily polypropylene, that will remain in the environment for decades ...