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Potentially contain asbestos
- Summary: Gas masks from the Second World War period potentially contain asbestos. The Health and Safety Executive advice is that it does not think it appropriate for children or teachers to wear or handle a gas mask unless it can be clearly demonstrated that the particular mask does not contain asbestos.
professionals.lincolnshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/913/hsa8-second-world-war-gas-masksAsbestos: Second World War Gas Masks - Professional resources
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May 13, 2014 · Schools should not let children touch or try on wartime helmets and gas masks as they may contain asbestos, says updated advice.
Jul 24, 2014 · In fact, gas masks used during the war years are now being marked as ‘potentially’ dangerous as they can release asbestos fibres from the filters, as well as being contaminated with harmful chemicals from previous use in gas drills.
Some World War II and Soviet Cold War gas mask filters contained chrysotile asbestos or crocidolite asbestos. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] not known to be harmful at the time. It is not reliably known for how long the materials were used in filters.
May 4, 2020 · It is probably uncertain if any of the people who practised drills with the gas masks during the war had been exposed to the blue asbestos and if they would be the true reason for some of the unexplained exposure to asbestos causing mesothelioma we have seen over the last 70 years.
Aug 18, 2020 · In 2014 the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated 34 old British and German gas masks. The results showed that the filters of 29 gas masks contained asbestos, and six filters included blue asbestos, considered the most hazardous for health.
Jul 21, 2016 · From what I've been able to gather, only WW1 Brodie helmets and WW2 gas masks contain asbestos, and the CEM I have, issued in December of 1917, would only contain layers of activated charcoal and cotton in its filter.
Jul 18, 2024 · It advises that it is not appropriate for children or teachers to wear or handle any artefacts that potentially contain asbestos. Replica gas masks and Brodie helmets that do not contain asbestos are available as teaching aids. Consulting employees
