Personal protective equipment (PPE) is equipment or clothing worn to minimize exposure to chemical hazards in the workplace. PPE does not remove or reduce workplace hazards and does not replace ...

The U.S. Forest Service is introducing N95 masks and new decontamination protocols to protect wildland firefighters.

Federal OSHA has proposed new rulemakings seek to minimize respiratory protection requirements for employers which ...

Although wildland firefighters are at high risk for smoke-related health issues, the U.S. Forest Service has been slow to ...

Federal wildland firefighters are getting a long-awaited green light to wear N95 masks on the job. In what NBC News describes ...

A three-day online seminar series hosted by the OSHA Training Institute will focus on hazard controls and inspection processes.

Objectives To compare the impact of respirator extended use and reuse strategies with regard to cost and sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design Cost analysis. Setting USA. Participants ...

Highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs) are increasingly used in modern therapeutics, where even trace exposure can cause serious health effects through inhalation or dermal contact.

Proper respirator fit is the foundation of effective respiratory protection. Even the highest-quality respirator cannot protect a worker from hazardous contaminants if it does not seal correctly to ...

The public’s interest in respiratory protection is growing with the COVID-19 pandemic and recent wildfires in the United States, but existing regulatory processes for respiratory protective devices ...

SINGAPORE - As infections often spike at the start of the year when school reopens, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) has stressed that preventive measures are vital to significantly reduce the ...

With major changes to workplace exposure limits coming in 2026, 3M experts share key steps to reassess and upgrade respiratory protection for compliance and safety. Several occupational exposure ...