
03/04/2020
It looks like 3M's competition couldn't handle litigation costs. The article is from 2006.
https://www.ehstoday.com/emergency-management/article/21912885/six-respirator-manufacturers-warn-president-of-shortage-of-masks
The leaders of six respirator manufacturers representing approximately half the respirator production capacity of the United States urged President Bush in a letter delivered to the White House to back federal legislation ensuring the supply and availability of disposable respirator masks (N-95 resp...