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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wonder if gas masks are of any use
Aside from the dumbass in congress, I think it was Gaetz, wearing what looked like a WWI gas mask to mock the pandemic, which didnt save him, Id think industrial gas masks would be effective. I know there are different kinds of cartridges available. Id think some would work. I bring it up because I was issued one years ago at work and Im sure its still in my storage room. Maybe I ought to go fish it out.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)gas masks might help us from the pollution of his breath stinking up the world and keeping global warming going, singlehandedly.
jpak
(41,742 posts)No
Throck
(2,520 posts)Same mask as found in Home Depot or Lowe's. Says N95 right on it. When used for non contagious dust, wood workers use them for a week at a time.
Not good for asbestos, good for wood dust, plaster dust.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Safety-Equipment-Respirator-Masks/N95/N-5yc1vZc25kZbwo5oZ1z195hh
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)I was trained to fit test in response to H1N1 in 2009 and have obviously been so myself. My sister (an ER nurse in another state) was likewise, of course, and again a few weeks ago. She and I have a similar-sized and shaped face, but perhaps some subtle differences in nose shape and size. Yet, we are one size apart (hers smaller) to obtain the same level of a seal against various tested noxious odors. (an adequate seal will not allow you to detect any of these).
So, I tried on my friend's husband's wood-working "N95" particulate mask from Home Depot and had my friend open a bottle of ammonia. I could smell it even a foot away.
So, no. unlikely to be the same for most people even if the filtration level is N95. They aren't designed to seal and if you look at a medical-grade 95, there are some subtle differences. That said, they'd surely be superior to a surgical or procedure mask.
Throck
(2,520 posts)Typically a carbon canister filter for that. N95 for particulate, not gas. I use to work at a chemical waste disposal facility.
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)for medical protective purposes--small vials are used to determine if the wearer can smell them/react. If they can not, then the mask has an adequate seal. I said NOTHING about use in chemical environments. My field is medicine not industry.
Chainfire
(17,308 posts)To teach someone how to "fit" an industrial N-95 respirators. They do not filter smells, or viruses They probably would stop spittle from a sneeze, but they would then be highly contaminated for many hours and would have to be handled as hazardous waste. The most effective thing about wearing a mask is that it might remind you not to scratch your nose with your contaminated hands.
In an industrial situation, to comply with OSHA and NIH regulations, if you need wear an N-95 mask, you must also be a part of routine medical monitoring and testing.
pecosbob
(7,511 posts)turning on the gas and having us remove and then replace our masks.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)I went through one with the Marines at Camp Pendleton, jesus it sucked!
Al