get niosh to use and they are there for you to use, so get the idea.an has. if you don't use it your fault. every union in this country, has to explain to people about these agencies. non union places, i can understand why you get scared, but you have the same rights it's hard, but we are accomplishing things and the niosh studies, is pretty much cleaning out the plant. and i mean there are other things but at least we know, this is clearing up. so it is nothing that you're gonna do overnight, when you get into something like this we spent a lot of time on it so next after that comes the lawsuit you win something like that, it's you know even if we don't win it, maybe the companies will wake up. start watching what they're doing, it's gonna be worth it no matter what happens. it >> according to its president frank martin oh, the union became suspicious of the herbicide, when workers in upstate new york, began having birth defects. >> after one and a half years of production, at their plant in new york, there were no known normal pregnancies, and severa

that was when we called niosh. did, they put these air sample things on the table, and they kept them on the table for an eight-hour period. >> you can't turn the pump off unless you check in with one of the industrial hygienists in the area. [humming] >> they took blood tests. >> guaranteed to be painless. >> urine tests. >> i'm good ask you about past illness. >> everyone we asked to participate did it. everybody realized we had a problem and they wanted to find out. i am proud of them. when they were testing, they found nitrous comes out of the mixture. it is a family of chemicals, and they are cancerous. they said the amount they found in the plant were 10 times higher than any plant they had ever tested in the federal government said we've got the problem. after the study, the last report i got a couple of weeks ago, the exhaust systems they put in >> we were very fortunate, really, to have them come in here and find what they did. >> you can see what they have done on the asbestos and the lead poisoning and s

that was when we called niosh. niosh did, they put these air sample things on the table, and they kept them on the table for an eight-hour period. >> you can't turn the pump off unless you check in with one of the industrial hygienists in the area. sue: ok, this is the part. >> they took blood tests. they took urine test. >> now i will ask you questions about past illnesses. have you ever had hayfever? >> no. >> everybody had it in the realized we had a problem. they wanted to find out. i am proud of them. when they were testing, they found nitrose. they are a family of chemicals. they said the amount they found was 10 times higher than any plant he had ever touched. the federal government said we got a problem. after their fourth study, the last report i just got a couple of weeks ago, the exhaust systems that they put in has taken this out almost 100%. >> we were very fortunate, really, to have them come in here and find what they did. >> you can see what they have done on the asbestos and the lead poisoning and

there are lists that are put out by the cdc and niosh is an agency that verifies the authenticity of masks. it's all available online at cdc.gov. and i'm now told seema's audio problems are corrected, seema, back to you. >> hey, shep 3m is working with law enforcement to catch these bad actors that are exploiting hospitals and frontline workers for economic gain. so far, the company has investigated over 11,000 cases leading to 29 civil lawsuits in total, 10 million counterfeit masks have been seized by the company and the number, well, it keeps on rising. it's a big issue and comes as hospitals are still rationing supplies fake masks endanger medical workers with a false sense of security n95s are seen as critical in protecting doctors and nurses from the coronavirus, but part of the challenge is dent file a fake from real mask. an authentic mask should have a niosh-approved stamp, meaning it's been tested by the national institute for occupational safety and health. paying $2 or $3 for masks may be a red flag 3m has pledged not to raise prices other signs, misspelled words, and ear

and approval number,c, and go to the niosh site and check the tc number.ks should have headband not ear loops around this way opposed to top to bottom, we've been wearing these for a long time. also, no claim on there that they're okay for kids and no decorative elements. okay. if you follow that guidance it's been pretty good for law enforcement in terms of how that's how they've been flagging t them. let's talk in general about mask wearing why it is so highly recommended. is the doctor here. >> he's here. >> thank you, sir, good to have you in the house. two key methods for lab experiments to show you can reduce exposure to to aerosols by more than 95%. what did you learn? >> well, it's really quite clear as we've been saying all along, masks work, they work to protect me and you if i wear them. that's very reassuring. now, you have to put the mask on correctly. right. if has to be fitted nicely around your cheeks and your chin and snug that down around your nose so that there's no air around the sides. and look at me breathing. this goes in and out thr

then you can go to the niosh site and check the tc number, okay? should have a headband, not ear loops, okay? that means that the band should be going, you know, around this way as opposed to looping top to bottom. you know what i'm saying? eve been wearing these masks for a long time. also no claims on there that they're okay for kids and no decorative elements, okay? so if you follow that guidance, it's been pretty good for law enforcement in terms of that's how they've been flagging them. so that's that. now let's just talk in general about mask-wearing and why it's so highly recommended. is the doctor there? >> he's here, chris. >> thank you, sir. it's good to have you in the house. two key methods for lab experiments to show that you can reduce exposure to aerosols by more than 95%. what did you learn? >> well, it's really quite clear, as we've been saying all along, masks work. they work to protect me, and they work to protect you if i wear them. and that's very reassuring. now, you have to put the mask on correctly, right? it has to be fitte

narrator: after niosh has completed its work, osha makes it standard available to the public for comment and revision. >> then there is usually a public hearing. these public hearings provide an important opportunity for individuals concerned about the issues the standard deals with, affecting industries and employers, labor groups, public interest groups will come before the agency and offer their views . the record of that public hearing is an important part of the information that osha ultimately relies upon in deciding the appropriate standard to set ealing with that hazard in the industries in which it arrives -- dealing with that standard in the industries in which it arrives. narrator: after public hearings, osha sets a final standard which all employers must obey. osha has compliance officers in the field to inspect workplaces and make sure they meet the standard. accompanied by representatives of both the employer and the workers, the expect her -- the inspector observes work practices and material handling. takes noise measurements. and may attach instruments to workers to meas

but i don't know that that's part of the niosh certified respirator kit.ause you pull it up this way and pull it down this. around your neck and over your head. and that's what gets it really up tight against your face. >> alex wants to know do knees guards at checkout counters do anything to keep anyone safe? who wants to take that. >> they probably help some. but, you know, shields they stop boluses coming at you. but there are he haddies getting around it to you. they are a little bit of help but not the answer. >> the way i've seen this represented in a couple of papers i skimmed. if you think of the air flowing through the room as like a wave, what you can have happen is the wave crashes over the side of the plexiglas and you can have the current sitting on the other side. there might be some protection, as dr. milton says, from drop lets, from aerosol transmission i'm more cautious. >> think about somebody blowing a stream ch cigarette smoke at the thing. it's going to waft around it. >> ishtd have taken more physics but that still makes perfect sens

you'll want to look for the niosh stamp, which test byhe national institute for occupational safety and health. and a legit n-95 mask won't have any misspellings and it won't have ear loops. make sure it has a head strap. authorities say they've reached out to hospitals, medical facilities and possible victims who may have purchased the fake masks in at least 12 states. david? >> wow, we have enough to worry about. now we have to worry about the masks, too. stephanie, thank you. >>> as you heard stephanie report there, the cdc warning again today about the more contagious variants here in the u.s., that they could easily cause a rapid rise in cases and many believe that the uk variant still could become the main variant in the coming weeks here in the u.s. so, let's bring in dr. ashish jha. and dr. jha, great to have you back with us tonight. and i'm curious, what do you expect we'll be seeing here in the coming weeks? how concerned should we be about that uk variant and the other variants already detected here in the u.s.? >> david, thanks for having me back. i do expect that they will

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anything with no regulation but our products that went through months of testing with the fda and niosh we need to change them. rachel: is there somebody in the administration you tried to talk to. in the trump administration you tried to reach peter navarro and somebody with the covid response. >> absolutely. we been trying with the government since it started. it has been a difficult path. we have not been able to break that regulation. will: you find yourself, luis, in a difficult position, with a product seemingly in demand. you cannot sell. most people want to support made in america. can you tell us really quickly to go out what you had to do to go into business? many companies reformatted their manufacturing process to go into making masks. what did you guys have to do in demi tech in florida, that you would think is a product ready to sell? >> when covid started we had 500 employees doing medical device, surgeries around the world, we were faced with a difficult decision what we do with our employees. we pivoted to the ppe. we had engineers buildout the first line. we got starte