Pollution in China is so bad they're running out of face masks

AFP reports that pollution in Beijing, where the second most severe pollution alert was issued for the first time this month, is so bad that stores are running out of face masks. 

Of the 29 models of face masks provided by US industrial and equipment supplier 3M’s flagship store on Tmall.com, a business-to-consumer shopping platform, 26 were sold out or unavailable on Wednesday.

The Tmall outlet of Totobobo, which makes transparent, reusable masks in Singapore, put up a notice saying new stocks would not be available until April 1.

Another seller, Vogmask, had only children’s models left on its Tmall store.

Ah well, it's not like most of the masks actually did anything in the first place. 

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