Published June 5, 2021, 1:51 PM Environmental groups called on the government to reassess its rule in requiring the wearing of face shields in public places as the measure is deemed ineffective and would only worsen plastic pollution. In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people wearing face shields queue up at a public market in Manila. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Nilad Metro Manila Environmental Network and Earth Island Institute on Saturday, June 5, appealed to the inter-agency task force on the management of emerging infectious diseases (IATF-EID) to withdraw the rule citing recent studies showing that the measure is ineffective.