Mars dust may pose a healthy danger to humans who explore the red planet, and find studying | Mars

andROM A Distant Mars looks beautiful, but sending astronauts to explore the planet may be more challenging than the first thought, due to the presence of toxic dust. A new study determines some health risks and discusses the type of personal protection equipment that astronauts may need.

During Apollo’s missions to the moon, astronauts suffered from moon dust. She clung to pressure on the spaces and leaked in the lunar lands, causing coughing, runny eyes and shaving irritation. Studies have shown that chronic health effects will lead to prolonged exposure. Mars dust is not acute and dirty like lunar dust, but it has the same tendency to stick to everything, and micro particles (about 4 % of human hair width) can depth the lungs and enter the bloodstream. Toxic substances in dust include silica, gypsum and various minerals.

“Important to Mars does not have the luxury of returning to Earth for treatment,” researchers wrote in the magazine. Geohealth. The delay of the connection for 40 minutes will limit the benefit of medical support from the ground. Instead, the researchers emphasize that reducing dust exposure is necessary, and requires air filters, self -cleaning spaces, electrostatic repulsion devices, for example.