BUYING a gas mask is unlikely to save your life—in fact it could kill
you. The lack of an early-warning system for any chemical or biological attack
renders gas masks almost redundant, while insufficient training in their use can
lead to fatal accidents.
There’s been frenzied buying of gas masks since the attacks on the US. “We’ve
sold literally thousands to shops in the UK since yesterday morning and it’s
continuing today,” Colin Griffith of Thatchreed, an army surplus wholesaler in
Bedfordshire, told Â鶹´«Ã½ early last week. “We’re totally
gobsmacked.”
But the most immediate danger may be the…
