Keeping Classroom Air Safe Will Take More Than Just Masks, Says UT Arlington Air Pollution Expert

From CBS Dallas/Fort Worth:

by Nicole Nielsen

July 29, 2020

ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – As schools consider resuming in-person classes, students and parents are reminded of the risks that come with the airborne transmission of COVID-19.

Melanie Sattler, a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington specializing in air pollution, says most particles of the virus people disperse are caught by masks, but there is a small amount that aren’t.

She said to keep students safe, schools need to take a closer look at their air filtration systems come fall.

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