Editing Respirator (section)

=== 20th century ===
[[File:How a Man may Breath Safely in a Poisonous Atmosphere b10154140 010 tif zw12z649n.tiff|thumb|right| "How a Man may Breathe Safely in a Poisonous Atmosphere", an apparatus providing oxygen while using caustic soda to absorb carbon dioxide, 1909]]
{{excerpt|Wu Lien-teh|Pneumonic plague|only=paragraphs|paragraphs=1-2}}
==== World War I ====
{{excerpt|Gas mask|World War I|only=paragraphs|paragraphs=1-2}}
==== United States ====
{{excerpt|N95 respirator|Early US respirator standards}}

In the 1970s, the successor to the United States Bureau of Mines and NIOSH developed standards for single-use respirators, and the first single-use respirator was developed by [[3M]] and approved in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90479846/the-untold-origin-story-of-the-n95-mask|title=The untold origin story of the N95 mask|work=Fast Company |date=24 March 2020 |publisher=Fast Company and Mansueto Ventures, LLC|access-date=9 April 2020|archive-date=19 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519041831/https://www.fastcompany.com/90479846/the-untold-origin-story-of-the-n95-mask|url-status=live |last1=Wilson |first1=Mark }}</ref> 3M used a [[melt blowing]] process that it had developed decades prior and used in products such as ready-made [[ribbon]] bows and [[bra]] cups; its use in a wide array of products had been pioneered by designer [[Sara Little Turnbull]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://designmuseumfoundation.org/ask-why/|title=Ask Why: Sara Little Turnbull|last1=Rees|first1=Paula|last2=Eisenbach|first2=Larry|date=2020|website=Design Museum Foundation|access-date=2020-04-01|df=mdy-all|archive-date=20 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720125822/https://designmuseumfoundation.org/ask-why/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== 1990s ====
{{excerpt|N95 respirator|Approval of Part 84 and replacement of 30 CFR 11}}