Pharmacies recall a model of a surgical mask with graphene
The General Council of Pharmaceutical Colleges has issued a statement requesting the cessation of marketing and use of the Type IIR surgical masks with graphene manufactured by Shandong Shenquan New Materials Co. Ltd, China. They take this measure based on the recommendation sent yesterday by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products, on the cessation of marketing and use of type IIR surgical masks with graphene manufactured by Shandong Shenquan New Materials Co. Ltd, China, as a preventive measure against the risk that they may harm health.
This note indicates that the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), as a result of the recent publication of the Canadian health authorities, which reports on the possible risks due to the presence of graphene or graphene biomass in masks, has launched an investigation into the matter.
“Currently it has been identified that in Spain type IIR surgical masks with biomass graphene are being marketed from the manufacturer Shandong Shenquan New Materials Co. Ltd, China. The AEMPS, as a precautionary measure, has requested the voluntary cessation of commercialization to the importing and distributing company of these surgical masks with graphene biomass from the manufacturer Shandong Shenquan New Materials Co. Ltd, China ”, said the statement.
The Agency also announces that it continues with the investigation of the potential risk of inhalation of graphene particles due to the use of these surgical masks and the risk that, in this case, it may pose. And as a precautionary measure, he recommends not using surgical masks that contain graphene.
For health professionals and users, the AEMPS recommends “the non-use of surgical masks containing graphene and, in the event that they are aware of an incident related to the use of this product, notify it through the NotificaPS notification portal.
And with respect to distributors and sales establishments, the AEMPS recommends not using surgical masks that contain graphene. “If you have knowledge of an incident related to the use of this product, notify it through the NotificaPS notification portal; or in the case of having surgical masks that contain graphene, do not distribute them and remove them from sale ”.
In the case of having surgical masks containing graphene from a manufacturer other than Shandong Shenquan New Materials Co. Ltd, China, you are urged to inform the AEMPS by email including the information of the manufacturer and the company that has supplied you the product or if you have knowledge of an incident related to the use of this product notify it through the notification portal.
In communities such as the Basque Country, Castilla y León, Madrid and Andalusia, they have ordered the withdrawal of all masks of graphene from the Shengquan brand, not only the surgical IIR, disposable graphene and biomass, from the manufacturer Shandong Shengquan, distributed by Amevisa SAU, and the FFP2 Healfiber, from the same manufacturer, which supplies the Basque distributor Iturri SA
