The Town Where People HAD to Wear Masks Inside Their Homes, for 13 Years

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Wearing a face mask could be tough, especially if you have to work with one on all day. But did you know that residents of Miyake-jima, a small island off the coast of Tokyo, Japan, had to carry and wear gas masks for years? Let’s get into it.

Sources:

[Pompeii]
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
https://www.history.com/topics/ancien...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/p...

[Miyake-jima, the Gas Mask Island]
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1620/
https://www.vill.miyake.tokyo.jp/bous...
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/g...
https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/...
http://yabai.com/p/3304
https://www.miyakejima.gr.jp/faq/
https://www.vill.miyake.tokyo.jp/inde...
https://www.gotokyo.org/en/destinatio...
https://knowledgenuts.com/miyake-jima...

[Miyake-jima Island’s History]
https://www.kankyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://wiki.samurai-archives.com/ind...
https://wiki.samurai-archives.com/ind...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

[Eyjafjallajokull, the Icelandic Volcano]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
https://www.livescience.com/31127-ice...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...
https://hospitalityinsights.ehl.edu/i...

[Dangers of Sulfur Dioxide]
https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemi...
https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemi...

[Wearing a Mask]
https://www.vumc.org/coronavirus/late...

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