Rachel Sun

Health

Respirators could protect wildland firefighters from smoke, but many don't use them

Rachel Sun

For the first time, the United States Forest Service recommended N95 respirators for federal wildland firefighting. However, there are barriers to fire crews actually adopting the practice.

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