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Japanese Olympians to bring dust masks to Beijing
0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008
TOKYO (AFP) — Japan's Olympic delegation will carry 500 dust masks for industrial use to guard against the notorious air pollution in Beijing, a corporate official said Monday.
Koken, a major Japanese maker of respirators, gas masks and air purifiers, has provided the masks for free to the Japanese Olympic Committee for possible use in training at the Beijing Games.
"These are not the kind of masks that are sold at drug stores to protect yourself from flu or hay fever," said Kohei Kubo, an official at Koken's life safety division.
"They are used at dusty factories and other industrial sites, as well as hospitals, where they are used to prevent infections," he said.
The masks can cut by more than 95 percent the number of small particles that the...
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