Masks Now Found to Contain 2B Carcinogen

Those face masks you and your children were forced to wear? They likely contain nanosized titanium dioxide, a compound that’s suspected to be carcinogenic when inhaled.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• In a study of 12 face masks, every mask contained titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles in at least one layer, at levels that “exceeded the acceptable exposure level”

• The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies titanium dioxide as a Group 2B carcinogen, which means it’s “possibly carcinogenic to humans” by inhalation

• A meta-ana…