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Posted on 06/08/2021 7:40:53 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
The Quebec government is asking school boards, daycares and health networks to stop using a type of mask that Health Canada warned can be toxic to the lungs.
People have even been asked to "immediately store the boxes of masks in a secure and isolated location" after the alarming warning.
The grey and blue masks are identified by the code SNN200642 and are from the supplier Metallifer, the province said.
According to a statement provided to CTV News, the province distributed 30.6 million SNN200642 masks to networks under the ministry of family, education and higher education.
Since January, the province has distributed 116 million masks to the school network, 4.6 million of which were of the SNN200642 line.
“It is therefore a small portion of the masks distributed to daycare services and schools,” said public health spokesperson Marjorie Larouche.
Montreal transit workers are the latest to learn they were also given the problematic masks, though not by the province -- the city's transit agency says it did its own tendering process.
Complete coverage at CTVNews.ca/coronavirus Coronavirus newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox In a notice Thursday, a Health Canada director wrote of "a potential emerging risk" with face masks coated with nanoform graphene materials.
The agency "identified a potential for early pulmonary toxicity associated with the inhalation of nanoform graphene," it wrote. It considers the risk the masks pose to be "unacceptable."
The notice didn't explain more about exactly what was found, though it added more details in a subsequent statement, saying it reviewed troubling studies on rats.
"Nanoform graphene" refers to the carbon coating on the masks. It's made of graphene, a type of carbon, in its nano form, meaning extremely miniscule particles in a single tight layer.
In a statement, Metallifer said its company does not manufacture the masks, and that when it imported the products from China, they "were fully qualified at the time."
"Since the beginning of the pandemic, Metallifer has used its vast network of suppliers in China to offer its customers quality protective masks that meet current standards," said Metallifer president Michel Filion.
The company immediately suspended all sales and distribution of the masks and is asking customers to secure the remaining inventory.
One Quebec kindergarten teacher said the recall, which school boards acted on Friday, was upsetting, especially after she'd noticed feeling unwell wearing masks lately.
"I just now feel a bit betrayed that something government-mandated was causing harm to us," said the teacher, who didn't want to be identified.
She believes those particular masks were introduced around Christmas, she said.
She described the feeling of wearing the masks as like "breathing in cat hair."
Wearing masks every day, "I find myself a bit more tired and have headaches more often, and I have heard this from numerous coworkers," she said.
She said she also noticed they smelled plasticky and would use her own medical masks as often as she could.
Several parents have told CTV News that the recalled masks had been given to their children.
"It's really concerning to me," said parent Melissa Nieuwenhof. "To this moment, we really don't have any medical information and it really is leaving us uneasy."
QUEBEC WILL TRACE WHERE THE MASKS WERE SENT The danger was spotted in a preliminary risk assessment, Health Canada said, and there's an absence of "manufacturer's evidence" to prove the masks are safe.
The notice was addressed to all the provinces' health ministries. In turn, Quebec wrote its own advisory to those within its system.
"In addition to ceasing distribution, networks have also been asked to immediately store the boxes of masks in a secure and isolated location," the province wrote.
"However, they have other masks from other suppliers to ensure the continuity of services."
Quebec authorities also said checks are underway with a government procurement office to "trace the establishments that could have received masks containing this particle."
They also said it's a potential risk and that the government is acting proactively to avoid danger.
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> In a statement, Metallifer said its company does not manufacture the masks, and that when it imported the products from China, they “were fully qualified at the time.” <
So let’s see. China caused the pandemic. And then, by manufacturing masks, they profit from the pandemic. And now we learn that the masks themselves are probably defective.
What a sick joke this all is.
As a side note, Trump was probably the only person in power who was upset about this. So of course he had to go.
graphene itself is merely carbon, so is non-toxic and very stable, but small particles can be absorbed into the blood and travel throughout the body where they may accumulate in different organs
https://particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12989-016-0168-y
If the China Virus doesn’t get , the mask to “prevent it” will.
It is official.
The human race has gone completely and totally insane.
The masks will not crawl out of their box and bite you.
Promise.
mark
There are all kinds of idiots out there who think that the government has our best interests at heart.
There are too many.
I never wore a mask, not even at the kickoff because I knew I wanted to stay healthy and I have a healthy and natural distrust of the government after working there for 10 years. I never got sick, I didn’t get headaches, I didn’t get mask mouth, nor did I get any lung infections. The same can’t be said for those doing what they were told.
I don’t really feel bad for the people complaining now because they were told before, but as I was told by a lot of people “it’s mandated, and the law”. Of course that wasn’t true, but the people believed it.
Look at all of the US hospitals and stores that have been handing these disgusting, MIC, things out during this ScamDEMic.
Stop doing Quebecs job! They would have traced this in 5 months...once they looked for it in French.
Key words in the article:
“when it imported the products from China”
‘Sacré-bleu! Where is me mask?’
People have even been asked to “immediately store the boxes of masks in a secure and isolated location”
That advice is a stupid as the original demand to wear them.
I saw a video last year of masks being made in china. Half a dozen guys sitting on the concrete floor of what looks like a janitor’s closet. They were just tossing them around in different piles on the floor at they went through the process of making them.
China’s never had a problem with sending us poisonous crap or just plain crap. Lead paint on children’s toys, poison dog food etc. Products that are just super low quality.
Hard to believe people buying masks made in china to protect them from a virus made in china.
Hard to believe people buying masks made in china to protect them from a virus made in china.
Yep!
And, even harder to believe people willing to trust china provided genome sequencing, for a virus made in china, for an experimental injection they allow INTO their bodies.
None of it makes any sense.
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