From ABC News
There’s a new fashion statement hitting Chinese runways: the beautiful smog mask.
Various style of facial mask appear at China international fashion week, Oct. 28, 2014, in Beijing. TPG/Getty Images
Fashion designers incorporated the pollution-blocking masks into their designs for Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing less than two weeks after Beijing marathoners donned masks for their 26.2-mile race on Oct. 19.
Earlier this year, the World Health Organization reported that more than 7 million premature deaths worldwide are linked to air pollution each year.
“Not for casual reasons are they called ‘killer smogs,'” said Dr. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. “Intense smog often cause a lot of asthma and respiratory stress and can precipitate heart attacks and things like that.”
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