in event of a gas attack, gas masks saved lives by filtering air so people could breath
A gas mask is used to filter out toxic agents in the air.
When you have a viable and properly designed AND properly used gas mask you can avoid the damage of nerve gas.
You put it on your face and you wear it. Then you breathe into it.
A gas mask is a mask worn over the face to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic materials. The mask forms a sealed cover over the nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other vulnerable soft tissues of the face. Some gas masks are also respirators, though the word gas mask is often used to refer to military equipment (e.g. Field Protective Mask, etc.) (The user of the gas mask is not protected by gas that the skin can absorb.)
The purpose of the gas mask was to protect the wearer from inhaling airborn pollutants and toxic gases, they were also used to stop viruses and diseases
Gas mask was created in 1914.
A gas mask is a mask worn over the face to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic materials. The mask forms a sealed cover over the nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other vulnerable soft tissues of the face. Some gas masks are also respirators, though the word gas mask is often used to refer to military equipment (e.g. Field Protective Mask, etc.) (The user of the gas mask is not protected by gas that the skin can absorb.)
I think it stopped gas getting in the mask...
A person wearing a gas mask.
M65 Gas Mask.
The main part of the gas mask is made out of rubber.
April 1915 was the first time chlorine gas was fired off and gas masks were used.