articleGetting Respiratory Protection right
Present an employer with the problem of protecting staff from an airborne pollutant and the chances are their first thoughts will be to provide some sort of respiratory protective equipment (RPE), such as a dust mask. There is good reason for this. The “CE-marked” RPE available on the market meets certain legal minimum requirements for design and manufacture and, when properly worn, RPE can be a simple, portable means of reducing the amount of pollutants breathed in.
