Do Gas Masks Work?
Gas masks are flying off the shelves in U.S. and European cities due to fears about possible biochemical attacks, but experts warn that without proper fitting and training the masks could be useless or even deadly.
?They have to be used at precisely the right time and in precisely the correct way,? says Brian Davey of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague. ?The individuals that are acquiring them will not be getting them or using them in the context of a controlled program and that can only be negative.?
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