Up to 70 Percent of KN95 Masks From China Don’t Meet US Health Standards, Study Says

Up to 70 Percent of KN95 Masks From China Don’t Meet US Health Standards, Study Says
KN95 masks for sale at a face mask vending machine during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City on May 29, 2020. Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Eva Fu
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Up to 70 percent of KN95 masks imported from China don’t meet U.S. health standards and could endanger health care workers and patients, an independent medical product evaluation found.

As the name suggests, KN95 masks should be capable of filtering out 95 percent of hazardous particles in the air. The masks, which aren’t officially certified by U.S. authorities, are the Chinese version of the N95 model.

Eva Fu
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Eva Fu is an award-winning, New York-based journalist for The Epoch Times focusing on U.S. politics, U.S.-China relations, religious freedom, and human rights. Contact Eva at [email protected]
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