MaskTogetherAmerica was featured in Forbes for its “Protect Firefighters Initiative
Read Protecting Your Health From The Risks Of Wildfire Smoke by Dr. Judy Stone
Dr. Judy Stone highlighted MaskTogetherAmerica’s “Protect Firefighters Initiative” in her newest coverage about health threats from Los Angeles wildfires and public health/ mutual aid communities providing PPE and tools such as CR Boxes to clean the air.
She highlighted serious health risks from inhaling carcinogens, toxic ashes, gases, lead, and harmful fine particles in the air, and called for role-modeling.
According to the article, firefighters have a 14% higher risk of dying from cancer, and are 72% more likely to die by suicide. Yet some LA firefighters don’t wear masks. Dr. Stone noted that bandanas are firefighters’ most common choice of respiratory protection according to a 2023 study.
Moved by this crisis, MaskTogetherAmerica started a “Protect Firefighters Initiative” and forged a partnership with members of the American Medical Manufacturers Association Two AMMA members decided to match the funding from Julie Lam founder of MaskTogetherAmerica —Eddie Phanichkul, CEO of Lutema/VIDA and co-founder of the AMMA, and Claudio Dente, president of Dentec Safety Specialists . Together, they have offered the LA Mayor’s office and the LA County Board of Supervisors a donation of 780 Dentec Comfort-Air® 400 Elastomeric respirators with P100 Multi Gas/Vapor Filter Cartridges (valued at over $15,000).
We hope this initiative will inspire other American manufacturers to emulate us and donate elastomeric respirators with P100+MGV filters to firefighters and all people working or living in severely polluted areas.
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