I just finished reviewing a draft document that a trade group will be asked to vote to sanction the document as it relates to emergency escape respirators. There was a lot of talk about requiring these escape respirators to carry the NIOSH approval of 14G (vs. the more traditional 23C style respirator). There is talk that a respirator with a NIOSH 14G Approval can be used as an escape respirator and this is PARTIALLY true, but comes with a major limitation, as do ALL Air-Purifying Respirators…