All posts tagged with PPE
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-(Natural News) From May 16 through May 20, the Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is holding a drill in Austin, Tex., that involves the use of low-flying aircraft and a simulated radiological attack. Called “Cobalt Magnet 22,” the exercise is supposedly taking place to prepare local, state and federal agencies for […]
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-(Natural News) An environmental group in Australia claimed that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic also caused a pandemic of plastic waste, foremost among them the surgical face masks. Sydney-based organization Clean Up Australia (CUA) put forward this claim in time for the launch of its citizen science project on March 6. The endeavor aims to […]
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-(Natural News) A recent study published in the journal PNAS calculated for the first time how much waste in the form of single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) ended up in the oceans since the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began in 2020. “The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics that intensifies pressure on an […]
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-(Natural News) As the world continues to grapple with the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, experts warn that another global concern may be looming with plastic pollution. A particular concern for them is personal protective equipment (PPE), given its recent ubiquity and the challenges it poses to recycling initiatives. In Asia, its impact on the environment […]
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-(Natural News) On Feb. 29, 2020, then-surgeon general Jerome Adams told the world to stop buying face masks for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) because they are “NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus.” It has been a year and a half since that tweet, and the science has only confirmed that Adams was […]
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-(Natural News) The single-use face masks and disposable latex gloves protecting people from the Wuhan coronavirus are also harming animals, according to a recent report by researchers from Leiden University in the Netherlands. The report, published in Animal Biology, provides an overview of cases of entanglement and ingestion of face masks, latex gloves and other personal protective equipment […]
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-(Natural News) The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a surge in the use of face masks, rubber gloves and personal protective equipment (PPE). Now, environmentalists are sounding the alarm over the immense threat that these coronavirus-related waste products pose to both ocean health and marine life. One of the organizations seeking to raise awareness on the environmental effects of improperly disposed face […]
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-(Natural News) If America had a ‘mainstream media’ that was honest, free of political bias and still interested in keeping the people informed as was their founding mandate and the reason for a free press, then there is no way the Democrat deep state would have been able to steal enough votes to ensure a […]
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-(Natural News) A report found that the British government spent “hundreds of millions” of pounds procuring “potentially unsuitable” personal protective equipment (PPE). The National Audit Office (NAO) released a report in November that said around one percent of PPEs the government purchased in response to the coronavirus pandemic – amounting to 195 million items – […]
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-(Natural News) A young doctor in Texas who passed away from COVID-19 contracted the virus after wearing the same N95 mask for weeks, if not months – according to her family. Twenty-eight-year-old physician Adeline Fagan died in September due to a “massive” brain hemorrhage after testing positive for the coronavirus in July. Fagan, who had […]
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