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 ...

When considering a respirator, it's important to base it on the category of respiratory hazard: particulate contaminants, ...

Time, efficiency, and protection become key factors the right respirator selection can address before a worker is ever faced with an emergency situation. This article is a Q&A with Paula Varsamis, who ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

KINGSTON - The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) will provide an Agricultural Respirator Fit Testing Clinic for state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region ...

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 ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Lynchburg Fire Department (LFD)announced Monday it has completed a three-year process of replacing all 142 of its SCBA (Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus) respirators and ...