The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under authorization of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970, provides a testing, approval, and certification program assuring respirators used in the workplace meet the standards of Title 42 Public Health Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 84 Approval of Respiratory Protective Devices. Twenty-five years ago (July 1995) NIOSH updated and modernized 42 CFR Part 84. The update addressed existing NIOSH and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) certification requirements for respiratory protective devices and replaced the MSHA regulations at 30 CFR Part 11 with the public health regulations at […]