As dangerous smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets cities across the United States, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani are telling residents to protect their lungs with Chinese-made KN95 masks. At the same time, they are ignoring proven, American-made, NIOSH-approved N95 respirators produced in New York and across the country.
American Medical Manufacturers Association Executive Director Eric Axel put it plainly, saying, “By choosing KN95s, Governor Hochul and Mayor Mamdani are telling people to line up for Chinese masks, bought with American taxpayer funds, during a dangerous smoke emergency.
They have a chance to support good-paying jobs in New York City and State. Instead, they are bypassing in-state and other U.S. manufacturers who can supply NIOSH-approved N95 respirators. That is bad public health policy, bad economic policy, and bad for our national security.”
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