Talk:Respirator

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Verifying Sources in 'Disadvantages' Section

One of the more valid criticisms of respirators, IMO, is that badly designed respirators can have very high pressure drop, (breathing resistance), and can leak very easily at the slightest face seal intrusion. I'm skeptical that CO2 build up is significant, even though some sources I've read do suggest NIOSH has looked into the issue. With that being said, some of the excess number of sources here do fail verification: one is Sinkule-2003, which only talks about the workings of a breathing simulator, and doesn't seem to make any conclusions on Pressure Drop vs CO2.

I'll go ahead and verify the other sources, and redo this section over time.⸺RandomStaplers 21:19, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ref Gunner: I would not recommend using a source I have to go to ILL for, unless sources are hard to come by. And from the looks of the title, it looks this source only talks about the method of measuring dead space, not making any conclusions on CO2. So unless anyone objects and wants to compel me to go to the library, I'm just going to remove the source. I'm sure there are plenty of more accessible ones out there.⸺RandomStaplers 21:25, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 'History' section

What a mess. Certain citations are missing, and sources that one would normally expect to be reliable are wrong in certain details. For example, sources 'supporting' Peter Tsai inventing the material for the N95 respirator is still something that spreads across social media.

I'm going to place this template in the meantime, and it will stay that way unless someone is willing to do an overhaul of this section.⸺RandomStaplers 01:16, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]