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Federal cuts threaten to close Pennsylvania lab that certifies N95s and other respirators in June (penncapital-star.com)

submitted 1 week ago by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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The Pa. laboratory that certifies all of the country’s NIOSH-approved respirators is on the chopping block. HHS is stonewalling employees who raise questions.

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

“We were told it was just going to be a consolidation … that the scientists would not be let go,” the employee said about the layoffs, which have affected almost everyone at the Morgantown NIOSH campus. “But the scientists went in the first round.”