On February 10,2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a Consensus Study Report titled, Frameworks for Protecting Workers and the Public from Inhalation Hazards. Federal partners, NIOSH, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of State, as well as the CDC Foundation, commissioned this report to address the evolving respiratory protection needs of the public and workers not operating under a respiratory protection program. When employers can identify inhalation hazards in advance–such as viruses, wildfire smoke, or mold–they can protect their workers with a respiratory protection program. The Consensus Study Report recommends a framework that can
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