<div class='ui dimmer modals page' style='display: none;'><div id='helpie-password-modal' class='pauple_helpie ui modal small' style='display: none;'><div class='ui header'><i class='circular lock icon'></i> Password Protected</div><div class='item-content'><br /><label for='password_check'>Enter Password : </label><p><input type='password' id='password_check' name='password_check' class='password' value='' required></p></div><div class='actions'><div class='ui black deny button'>Nope</div><div class='ui positive right labeled icon button'>Yep, that's right!<i class='checkmark icon'></i></div></div><div class='clear'></div></div></div>{"id":4209,"date":"2020-02-20T02:45:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T02:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/will-the-moisture-cause-fungal-spores-to-grow-in-my-mask-so-they-should-be-thrown-out-every-1-2-days\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T11:25:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T03:25:31","slug":"will-the-moisture-cause-fungal-spores-to-grow-in-my-mask-so-they-should-be-thrown-out-every-1-2-days","status":"publish","type":"pauple_helpie","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/will-the-moisture-cause-fungal-spores-to-grow-in-my-mask-so-they-should-be-thrown-out-every-1-2-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Moisture Cause Fungal Spores to Grow in My Mask, So They Should Be Thrown Out Every 1-2 Days?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='breadcrumbs pauple_helpie_breadcrumbs'><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/'>Knowledge Base<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/cat\/protecting-yourself\/'>Protecting Yourself<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/cat\/masks\/'>Masks<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/will-the-moisture-cause-fungal-spores-to-grow-in-my-mask-so-they-should-be-thrown-out-every-1-2-days\/'>Will the Moisture Cause Fungal Spores to Grow in My Mask, So They Should Be Thrown Out Every 1-2 Days?<\/a> <\/div><p>Scientists published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-018-35693-w\">a study<\/a> where they had people wear masks, after which they tested for bacteria. They found no evidence of bacteria growing in the mask, but only found bacteria that came from people&#8217;s faces! So that bacteria was already on people.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas has been wearing masks every day for years in Beijing, Delhi, and Shanghai, even on hot summer days, while biking across town. Throughout his years of experience, he has never once seen evidence of bacteria on the mask or bacteria smells on the masks. However, he always follow two rules:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Avoid always putting the masks in bags or pockets, where they could get musty;<\/li>\n<li>Always put the mask out where it can dry, with the interior part facing up.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And of course, if your mask ever smells like it&#8217;s got gross bacteria growing on it, get a new one!<\/p>\n<div class='pauple-helpie-module article-voting'><span class='label'>Was this article useful?<\/span><span data-post-id='4209' data-user-id='0' class='icon-tray'><span  data-vote='thumbs up outline' class=' voting-icon thumbs up outline '><i data-content='thumbs up outline' class='thumbs up outline outline icon' aria-hidden='true'><\/i><count>48<\/count><\/span><span  data-vote='thumbs down outline' class=' voting-icon thumbs down outline '><i data-content='thumbs down outline' class='thumbs down outline outline icon' aria-hidden='true'><\/i><count>27<\/count><\/span><\/span><\/div><div style='clear:both;'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge Base &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Protecting Yourself &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Masks &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Will the Moisture Cause Fungal Spores to Grow in My Mask, So They Should Be Thrown Out Every 1-2 Days? Scientists published a study where they had people wear masks, after which they tested for bacteria. They found no evidence of bacteria &#8230; <a title=\"Will the Moisture Cause Fungal Spores to Grow in My Mask, So They Should Be Thrown Out Every 1-2 Days?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/will-the-moisture-cause-fungal-spores-to-grow-in-my-mask-so-they-should-be-thrown-out-every-1-2-days\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Will the Moisture Cause Fungal Spores to Grow in My Mask, So They Should Be Thrown Out Every 1-2 Days?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4824,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"helpdesk_category":[761],"helpie_tag":[457,454,452,453,450,282,451,455,456,449],"helpie_add_tag":[],"helpie_up_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4209","pauple_helpie","type-pauple_helpie","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","helpdesk_category-masks","helpie_tag-dispose","helpie_tag-fungal","helpie_tag-fungi","helpie_tag-fungus","helpie_tag-mask","helpie_tag-moisture","helpie_tag-mold","helpie_tag-spores","helpie_tag-throw","helpie_tag-wet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/4209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pauple_helpie"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4824"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/4209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5824,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/4209\/revisions\/5824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helpdesk_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpdesk_category?post=4209"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_tag?post=4209"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_add_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_add_tag?post=4209"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_up_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_up_tag?post=4209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}