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Q1: I read a while ago that Peter Tsai invented the N95. I don't see Peter Tsai in the article. Did he invent the N95?

A1: No. This fabrication was created due to sources conflating "N95 filter inventor" with "N95 inventor". References to definitive Federal Register sources in the article, as well as the publication NIOSH Guide to the Selection and Use of Particulate Respirators Certified Under 42 CFR 84 will settle this confusion: Peter Tsai is nowhere to be found in these definitive documents.

Also, for those claiming that Peter Tsai invented electret filter media, the references in this paper contradict those claims.

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (center, color, defense, realize, traveled) and some terms may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

A fact from N95 respirator appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 April 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the melt-blowing technology used to create N95 respirators was previously used to produce ready-made ribbon bows and bra cups?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2020/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/N95 mask.

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