Gas masks have apparently become a hot commodity near Ferguson, Mo., after more than a week of clashes between police and protesters since an officer’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.

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IRBIL, Iraq — The best defense that thousands of Iraqi Kurds have against a lethal gas attack is a homemade hood of vinyl, cotton and charcoal, tied tightly around their necks with a shoelace. No ...

Israel has a shortage of civilian gas masks, but you wouldn’t know it from walking down Manhattan’s St. Mark’s Place, where the masks are on sale in half a dozen stores for a mere $25 each. The ...

Can household items be transformed into effective gas masks? This is one craft project that could leave you choked up. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and ...

An emergency gas mask that can be made at home was demonstrated in Manhattan last week by the American Women’s Voluntary Services. The necessary materials can be found in almost any house: a bathing ...