(Natural News) The fight against the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic seems to have had an unintended but worrying environmental consequence. Improperly disposed of personal protective equipment (PPE) is now finding its way into the world’s oceans. Nonprofit group Operation Mer Propre – French for “Operation Clean Sea” – is warning that there could now be “more […]

(Natural News) California residents are now required to don face masks and other types of face coverings as the state reopens, according to new measures filed by the California Department of Public Health. According to California governor Gavin Newsom, residents, with the exception of children, hearing-impaired individuals and those with certain medical conditions, must now […]

(Natural News) A Chinese manufacturing company has been charged with shipping more than 140,000 defective face masks, marketed as “KN95,” to the U.S. in the middle of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to federal prosecutors, the Hong Kong-based Crawford Technology Group sold masks to a U.S. distributor claiming that they met the KN95 standard […]

(Natural News) Shortly after the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) hit the U.S., New York City soon became the epicenter of the outbreak in the country. Now, a new report by the Wall Street Journal says that city and state leaders’ response to the pandemic put residents at greater risk, leading to many unnecessary deaths. During the first few days of […]

(Natural News) Facemasks, gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) used to fight the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) are adding to the garbage in the world’s oceans. Operation Mer Propre (Operation Clean Sea), a French nonprofit group that regularly picks up litter along the Cote d’Azur, sounded the alarm late last month after their divers found […]

(Natural News) As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many environmentalists are now sounding an alarm over another enemy this global outbreak is highlighting: plastic. Millions of people around the world are now living in a country where wearing masks has been deemed mandatory. From Vietnam, Israel to Cuba, Germany and France, people are required to […]

(Natural News) As countries around the world look to let people go back to work and restart their economies, it seems that wearing masks will become part of daily life. During an interview last week, Dr. David Nabarro, special envoy for COVID-19 at the World Health Organization (WHO), suggested that “some form of facial protection is going to become the norm.” […]

(Natural News) Factories in China that manufacture masks do not meet the basic sanitation and quality standards. According to a broker with knowledge of the situation, 60 percent of factories don’t have sterile work environments, raising more questions about the quality of medical supplies that Beijing has been using to curry favor with other countries. The broker, going […]

(Natural News) If you’re braving trips to the grocery store in person these days, you might be diligent about putting on a face mask and gloves before you head down the aisles. But is this really helping you avoid coronavirus? Experts say no, at least not when it comes to the gloves. In fact, while […]

(Natural News) A new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has confirmed that masks are effective at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. According to researchers, masks are effective at stopping tiny virus filled droplets, invisible to the naked eye, that are released while speaking. The new study mainly focused on whether or not the coronavirus […]