<story><title>Masks distributed in Canada with microscopic graphene potentially toxic</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/masks-early-pulmonary-toxicity-quebec-schools-daycares-1.5966387</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dukeofdoom</author><text>Wow, this seems like 4chan conspiracy theory becoming reality. Will the worm one turn out to be true too?&lt;p&gt;On a side note, what kind of idiot puts graphene in masks, when its so widely known that graphene is a carcinogen. How can this not be maliciously done.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>scrollaway</author><text>We had similar drama with masks distributed in Belgium. They contain nanoparticles of silver. The government gave an official recommendation to stop wearing them.&lt;p&gt;Original report: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.brusselstimes.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;belgium-all-news&amp;#x2F;156628&amp;#x2F;cloth-mouth-masks-from-avrox-luxembourg-belgium-government-distributed-free-to-pharmacies-may-be-toxic&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.brusselstimes.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;belgium-all-news&amp;#x2F;156628&amp;#x2F;c...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow-up recommendation: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.brusselstimes.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;belgium-all-news&amp;#x2F;156876&amp;#x2F;belgian-government-says-to-stop-wearing-the-free-cloth-masks-they-distributed-as-a-precaution&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.brusselstimes.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;belgium-all-news&amp;#x2F;156876&amp;#x2F;b...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m still wearing mine because I don&amp;#x27;t go out often enough for it to matter (and when I do, I&amp;#x27;m usually on a bicycle where it&amp;#x27;s not required to wear one). But what a fucked up story. I really thought this would be the end of it: anti-maskers &amp;quot;won&amp;quot;, are set for life with an argument on a silver platter now. With actual silver.&lt;p&gt;Surprisingly, though, that didn&amp;#x27;t happen. People have been pretty chill about it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Masks distributed in Canada with microscopic graphene potentially toxic</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/masks-early-pulmonary-toxicity-quebec-schools-daycares-1.5966387</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dukeofdoom</author><text>Wow, this seems like 4chan conspiracy theory becoming reality. Will the worm one turn out to be true too?&lt;p&gt;On a side note, what kind of idiot puts graphene in masks, when its so widely known that graphene is a carcinogen. How can this not be maliciously done.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cxcorp</author><text>I wonder if the Quebec government tested the masks for things like this? Especially, considering:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Back in December, the Quebec government revealed that masks it had been distributing for months to more than 15,000 daycares across the province did not meet safety standards, and daycare staff were ordered to stop using them.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Between May and November, the ministry distributed 31.1 million MC9501 masks throughout the network to protect staff from COVID-19, but they were determined to be unfit for use.&lt;p&gt;Fool me once...</text></comment>