An industry viewpoint on respirator research needs...
Neither the physics nor the politics of respirator research can take place in a vacuum. Industry must be a party to setting research priorities and to the peer review of research growing out of these priorities. After all, we know where the utilization of respiratory protection is a necessary part of our manufacturing processes. But more important, it is our employees who must wear the fruits of your research and development efforts, and it is essential to us as employers that, when respirators are required, they afford equal protection to that of the best engineering, work practices, and administrative controls.
D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000592:standards*; D012134:Respiratory Protective Devices / Q000592:standards*
D000393:Air Pollutants; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational