Comfortable To Wear: the asbestos respirator is made of soft rubber, providing a comfortable feeling for facial skin. Good Protection: the professional half respirator adopts a double filter ...

More than 10,000 homes and other structures were consumed by flames, along with thousands of cars and other vehicles.

Dr. Barbara Ferrer said residents should assess their homes for soot, ash and smoke contamination before settling back in.

Asbestos is a naturally occurring substance ... while plant managers were given masks with respirators. Tipsord and other workers would tie handkerchiefs over their noses and mouths because ...

Long-term exposure to toxic air pollutants, particularly carcinogens like benzene, formaldehyde, and polycyclic aromatic ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents to stay cautious near recent burn scars, including torched structures or patches of land.

Employees wearing APRs or PAPRs with P100 filters for protection against asbestos fibers or other particulates shall change the cartridges on their respirator when they first begin to experience ...

Rainfall could send debris from hillsides charred by wildfires rushing down ravines and through drainage ditches into the ...

He wore an N95 mask, but quickly realized he should have more thoroughly protected himself — with gloves, goggles, a respirator mask ... to burned plastics to asbestos. Exposure to the ash ...

This smoke contains a harmful mixture of particles and gases, including fine particulate matter, called PM2.5, which has been linked to numerous health issues, such as respiratory disease ...

However, when wildfires begin consuming homes and businesses, the ash is made up of much more toxic materials. This can have ...

Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire forced Claire Robinson to flee her Altadena home, she returned, donning a white hazmat ...