A respirator mask is a piece of personal-protective equipment that removes contaminants from the air you breathe using cartridges, filters or canisters. It is essential wear for people who work in ...

N95 masks are a common particulate-filtering face respirator mask, which filters out 95% of airborne particles. Demand for the mask has blown through the roof after the coronavirus outbreak, leading ...

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Dr. Deborah Birx, Ambassador and White House coronavirus response coordinator, holds a 3M N95 mask as she and Vice President Mike Pence visit 3M headquarters ...

Responding to concerns over the repeat use of disposable respirators, Maplewood manufacturer 3M Co. said it may be acceptable to use vaporized hydrogen peroxide systems to decontaminate used N95 masks ...

N95 respirators, the gold standard of filtration masks, are back in the pandemic spotlight because of the highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Unlike earlier in the pandemic, N95s are now ...

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — For more than 20 years, Nikki McCullough has worked as a global safety leader for 3M. She has worked on the Maplewood-headquartered company's response to events like SARS, wildfires ...

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 ...

U.S. industrial giant 3M Co said on Friday it is doubling the global production of its N95 respirators masks to over 1.1 billion a year to meet the soaring demand due to the coronavirus outbreak.