There are many standards that pertain to the use of protective clothing, but the one that has generated the most interest lately is the National Fire Protection Association’s 70E. This standard, last revised in February of 2004, includes information about personal protective equipment. 
 
“With 70E, whether uniform laundries like it or not, they are going to be in the business of personal protective equipment or abdicate their current customers,” says John Shoemaker of General Linen & Uniform Service in Detroit. “For example, one of our customers, that has been around as long as we have—we’re both third-generation ...