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As much fun as respirators and gas masks are they aren't practical to wear all day at events such as comic cons or as acessories to your steam punk wardrobe. If you've been looking for a something just a little different check out the blog of leathersmith Tom Banwell! Banwell recently posted an indepth turtorial on how to make your very own leather respirator from scratch! If you don't have the time, or skill needed to make your own he does have a huge array of masks available for sale on his Etsy page.

 While it may not inspire all of our users, lacking key mask scenes the new movie "Horrible Bosses" does feature a latex gloved Jennifer Aniston as well as the use of a nitrous nasal mask. Not to mention a few laughs! Check out the trailer below.

Winter may be winding down but we all know you need another excuse to mask up, right? Look no further than ColdAvenger. We've all seen neoprene masked used by joggers and those fond of the outdoors during the coldest winter days but ColdAvenger takes that all a step further creating a "micro climate" to keep you warm. Sort of looks like something out of star wars doesn't it?

Attention gas mask fans who video game, there's a new title coming out that you might want to get your hands on. The game is Metro 2033 and it takes place in a post apocalyptic wasteland. One of the unique things about the game is there is virtually no heads up display for health, ammo or maybe most important of all... your gas mask filter. That's right, the air is too poisonous to venture outside with out strapping your gas mask on tight and filters don't last forever. Personally I'm not sure how I feel about the utter lack of any heads up display and having to time everything out by your characters watch, but all in all it still looks like it could be a lot of fun. I haven't seen any screen shots that depict beautiful gas masked women running around but I'm sure there have to few a few out there in the wasteland, right?

Click read more to check out the trailer for Metro 2033!

While it might seem like a strange way to get their point across, Providence St Vincent Medical recently showed their support for breast cancer awareness by making a video entitled "The Pink Glove Dance".  Enjoy and get your pink gloved groove on!

Lack of scientific evidence regarding the need for N95 respirators among health care workers has prompted three scientific organizations to urge that OSHA change current recommendations for personal protection from H1N1 flu among health care employees. N95 respirators that require fit-testing are not scientifically proven to be best to protect health care workers from H1N1 flu.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) have written a letter to President Obama, saying the current guideline recommending fit-tested N95 respirators for health care workers to protect from H1N1 flu could have “dangerous consequences”.

Two recent studies show that surgical masks protect from H1N1 flu as well as N95 respirators. According to APIC 2009 President Christine Nutty, RN, MSN, CIC, “The supply of N95 respirators is rapidly being depleted in our healthcare facilities. We are concerned that there won’t be an adequate supply to protect healthcare workers when TB patients enter the healthcare system.”

Mark Rupp, MD, president of SHEA, says the OSHA guidelines are “deeply flawed”, and are causing confusion among health care employees and hospital administrators.

When it comes to swine flu, John Genovese of Scottsdale, Ariz., said he's not taking any chances as he settles in the dorm for his freshman year at Arizona State University.

"Swine flu is a pretty serious thing, so I'd adhere to whatever the CDC advises," Genovese, 18, said.

But even Genovese said that a new piece of advice issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta seems a bit strange. It's a recommendation suggesting that if college students are ill, they should refrain from kissing but, if they must, wear a surgical mask while doing the deed.

"I studied abroad in Costa Rica when swine flu broke out over there and we had to wear masks for a while," he said. "But I don't think I'd kiss with a surgical mask."

At least one of Genovese's classmates said he would, although he did add that he imagined kissing with a surgical mask wouldn't be comfortable.

Have a rave party coming up and simply don't know what to wear? We've found just the thing your collection is missing, the LED respirator. An ebay user named cyb3rburn is selling them on ebay for $39.99!

Fresh concerns about swine flu, mostly from Queenstown residents travelling overseas, prompted another upsurge yesterday in requests for protective face masks and Tamiflu.

The bride wore white — and a face mask. A Chicago couple married in surgical masks and latex gloves Sunday after learning less than 48 hours before that they both had swine flu. Ilana Jackson and Jeremy Fierstien went ahead with the ceremony after doctors assured them guests wouldn't be at serious risk.