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Gaming firm Razer ordered to pay over US$1.1 million in US for advertising Zephyr mask as N95-grade (www.channelnewsasia.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It says they used N95 meltbkown filters.

I don't understand how that would not make the product N95, then

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If it's got N95 filters in it, but the design is flawed in such a way that air can just flow around the filters even with ideal fitment, then the mask as a whole is not N95. Now, maybe their design wasn't flawed, we don't actually know that, but N95 is a NIOSH standard only given to products that NIOSH has received and tested to be at a certain standard; Razer neglected to submit their masks to NIOSH in order to get an official rating. Razer could have performed their own tests and listed the level of particulates it blocks at various levels, but marketing it as an N95 respirator implied NIOSH had verified it when they hadn't, which is fraud.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I guess that's why we have the KN95 standard. They should have just said that.

[–] naonintendois 11 points 7 months ago

Because the seals on the mask itself weren't rated and they didn't go through FDA authorization. You HAVE to go through FDA clearance if you want to claim your product meets medical standards.