Full-face Snorkeling Mask Implicated Again

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Worries over deaths caused by full-face snorkeling masks led to their ban in Hawaii. Undercurrent has written many articles (see January and March 2020 issues), on several problems, including trapped CO2.

In 2020, a British snorkeler, 63-year-old Angela Kearn, died while using a full-face snorkeling mask in Egypt's Red Sea. The cause of death was attributed to immersion pulmonary edema (IPE). At the inquest this year, a UK coroner issued a public warning about the risk to a snorkeler using a full-face mask who has underlying health conditions....

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