I mean 3m Masks will soon be either unprofitable or need a new rating or an internal one, because no new mask can be rated any more, so when they need to be retested, or a new moddel comes out, they cannot and so they cannot stamp n95 on it any more
ComradePupIvy
joined 3 years ago
Masks where one of the first things to go, they where let go completly by febuary. What really sucks for this is that due mostly in part to the US will chose the regulations it controls both MSHA and OSHA requrie NIOSH apporoved masks and do not accept equivelents. so no new masks can enter circulation
Also for what its worth what I read of the KN95 standard (the english translation) it is better than the N95 mask, and as someone who wears a KN95 every day unless required to wear an N95 for respretory protection (see regulation wierdness) the focus on sightlines the KN95 mask has that n95 does not is amazing
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Just for anyone wondering NIOSH while under HHS and not the department of labor does most of the research work for safety in the US and anything that needs to be certified either goes through ANSI or NIOSH, so this has effectivly killed safety protections in the United States. - Source, About to graduate with a masters in Safety Engineering in Yankeeland… because timing is great, I also have signed up for a Ph.D in the same topic, also in Yankee land...
Also most safety resources in the US are either NIOSH or funded by NIOSH ... so you know ... now we wont get that.
once agian Worker safety was killed off by this, in the US
There is nothing legal we can do, because, with the risk of sounding edgy and with no point, anything that would work has been made [Redacted, illegal] and without more people in a cohesive group, you cannot do [redacted, illegal] without you getting stopped, and then it all dieing with you. Heck in the US the few activities that where leagal and did the SMALLEST bit of working have been made [redacted, illegal].
For what its worth I am in the same boat as you, I don't know what to do because the legal options are not working but there is no group to make the [redacted, illegal] options vialble