Nearly a year after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, we finally have a standard for everyday face masks. ASTM International, a voluntary standard-setting organization that offers ...

Face coverings are important tools used to battle the spread of infection. Until now, there have not been any standards for how they are to be constructed or their efficacy measured. This has now ...

It covers both single-use (disposable) and reusable products for use by workers and by the general public. ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, is a premier ...

SAN DIEGO — There is a science to picking the proper mask, and now with new national standards awaiting federal approval, the goal is to put a label on each mask to determine their effectiveness, just ...

American consumers may be about to get the first standards for face masks. The coronavirus pandemic triggered a sudden intense need for masks that had Americans making masks at home out of T-shirts ...