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If I was to tell you that a sexy red bra can actually save lives in times of calamities, you’d probably think I am pervert. But I don’t intend any pun. Dr. Elena Bodnar designed a bra that doubles as a face mask for two to filter out harmful airborne particles usually stemming out of event likefire, explosion, terrorist, radiological, biological [...]

When power plants or car engines burn fossil fuels, they emit a lethal mixture of chemicals in the form of particulate air pollution. This fine dust that enters the lungs, proceeds to the bloodstream, liver, and brain contains a deadly mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hyrdrocarbons (PAHs), and toxic heavy metals. That [...]