A respirator is a device you wear to protect you from inhaling dangerous substances. It’s also used to keep dust and particles from being inhaled when doing things like cleaning and painting. People ...

Respirators, when used correctly, can be an effective layer of protection for many tasks in and around a chemical plant. Imagine you are an operator at a Chlor-Alkali facility. While performing your ...

WATCH ABOVE: The disposable respirator is a simple enough device—a cheap, easy to use mask designed to keep dust out of the lungs. But over the years, critics of that simple respirator have raised ...

Imagine an Ebola epidemic is ravaging a community, or a dirty bomb goes off in a major city — but health workers can’t enter the affected area because they lack adequate respiratory protective devices ...

Simon Smith has a long history of developing personal protective equipment (PPE) for industrial, health-care, military, emergency response, and other applications. He specializes in respirator filters ...

While it's not an official holidy, 14 states (including my home state of Wisconsin), OSHA, the CDC and NIOSH celebrate N95 Respirator Day on September 5. What's the point? To remind workers in ...

MSA, a leading safety equipment manufacturer that has provided safety equipment to rescue workers at the World Trade Center and has formed a partnership to help rescue workers receive proper fit ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed sex and gender differences across every aspect of our lives including in the availability and design of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care ...

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Oct. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shawmut Corporation, a global manufacturer of advanced materials, announced today that its Protex™ N95 particulate respirator will be ...

N95 respirators and air purifying respirators (the respirator type most commonly used at UNR) are not designed to be used in an atmosphere: 5.2.a. That is immediately dangerous to life or health (IDLH ...

Imagine you are an operator at a Chlor-Alkali facility. While performing your morning rounds, a leak develops in nearby piping. It isn't visible, but you are suddenly aware of the distinct aroma. It's ...