The New York Times: Experts say the U.S. government has unintentionally encouraged a dependency on imported masks by failing to promote elastomeric respirators, a reusable mask that is domestically produced.
According to a group that represents mask manufacturers, plants — many of them startups that sprang up as the country grappled with a PPE shortage — are shutting down.
A handful of companies including Dentec are working to ensure that a scramble for disposable masks never happens again.
While proposal for respirators to help health-care workers stalled in Canada, U.S. government is buying them
Dentec Safety Specialists says it has been turned down for contracts for the reusable N95 masks in Ontario, Canada, unlike in U.S.
The Biden administration is trying to drive up domestic production of high-quality masks in coming weeks to help stem the rise of Covid-19 cases across the U.S.
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