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/history/resurrecting-pompeii-109163501/
https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/plaster-citizens-of-pompeii

[Miyake-jima, the Gas Mask Island]
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/1620/
https://www.vill.miyake.tokyo.jp/bousai/kiroku/files/miyakejima_english.pdf
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/85803/return-to-miyakejima
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2005/02/03/editorials/miyakejima-calling/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gas-mask-tourism-on-the-izu-islands
https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijccem/international-journal-of-critical-care-and-emergency-medicine-ijccem-4-040.pdf
http://yabai.com/p/3304
https://www.miyakejima.gr.jp/faq/
https://www.vill.miyake.tokyo.jp/index.html
https://www.gotokyo.org/en/destinations/izu-and-ogasawara-islands/miyakejima-island/index.html
https://knowledgenuts.com/miyake-jima-the-island-where-everyone-wears-a-gas-mask/

[Miyake-jima Island’s History]
https://www.kankyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/naturepark/english/know/park/introduction/kokuritsu/fujihakone/miyakejima/history.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hanabusa-Itcho
https://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Ikushima_Shingoro
https://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Ejima-Ikushima_Affair
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaigetsudo-Ando#ref1120110

[Eyjafjallajokull, the Icelandic Volcano]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/15/iceland-volcano-eruption-ash-earthquake
https://www.livescience.com/31127-iceland-volcano-ash-plume-trouble.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/15/iceland-volcano-eruption-evacuated
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2010/04/icelandic_government_says_cove.html
https://hospitalityinsights.ehl.edu/iceland-tourism-boom

[Dangers of Sulfur Dioxide]
https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/sulfurdi.html
https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/sulfurdi.html

[Wearing a Mask]
https://www.vumc.org/coronavirus/latest-news-you-asked-we-answered/does-prolonged-wearing-facemask-cause-harm

[Other Sources]
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https://youtu.be/YlwvKMlrlT8
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https://youtu.be/S12Cir0ME08
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