Misleading representation - Event Date: July 24 2006

NIOSH RESPIRATOR USERS' NOTICE

Subject: Misleading representation of the Nano Guard Particulate Respirator as a NIOSH Approved N-95 Respirator

It has been brought to the attention of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) through the process of a product audit, that 2HDistributors is representing and selling a Particulate Respirator called Nano Guard as a NIOSH approved respirator.

The Nano Guard respirator is individually packaged and improperly labeled with the NIOSH and Department of Health and Human Services logos. Additionally, the label contains a NIOSH approval number, TC-84A-4175, which was not issued to 2HDistributors.

A NIOSH approval is issued to a respirator only after it has been evaluated in the laboratory and found to comply with all the requirements of Title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 84, including a review of the manufacturer's quality plan. The Nano Guard N95 Particulate Respirator is not certified and approved by NIOSH.

(Contact: Heinz W. Ahlers, Chief, Technology Evaluation Branch, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL); Phone: 412-386-4000; Fax: 412-386-4051