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Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by toss1 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @09:46AM (#31434574)
The article specified that all masks tested other than KN95 masks produced more microplastics than they filtered out (it didn't mention if they tested surgical masks).

This is not a bad result, since if you want to filter out viruses to protect the wearer (vs minimize general transmission), the N95/KN95 masks are the only ones worth wearing.

Quality matters, all items in a category are not the same.

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Re:What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to ... by Robotbeat on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:13AM (#31434905)
Oh, agreed, there. KN-95 masks are the only types I’ve been using for over a year, so I just kind of assumed that. Many cloth masks do very little so I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually make it worse.
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