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Wilson College of Textiles Names New Director of Milliken Textile Protection and Comfort Center

2024 U.S. Fire Administrator’s Summit on Fire Prevention and Control – State of Science

Feds testing first respirators for wildland firefighters

PFAS: Let’s talk about it

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Wilson College News, “Wilson College of Textiles Names New Director of Milliken Textile Protection and Comfort Center,” July 2025
INDA, “AATCC Announces the 2024 Herman & Myrtle Goldstein Graduate Competition Winners,” December 2024
AATCC, “2024 AATCC Award Recipients,” November 2024
ASTM International, “Melissa Armistead, NC State Ph.D. student awarded ASTM International scholarship for pioneering research in firefighter textile safety and comfort,” August 2024
Wilson College News, “Textiles Faculty’s Research, Mentorship Earns Him Faculty Honors,” June 2024
Wilson College News, “Bryan Ormond ’07, ’12 Wins a 2024 Distinguished Young Alumni Award,” March 2024
Wilson College News, “Ormond’s Career Protecting Firefighters Through TPACC Earns Him Faculty Honors,” August 2023
ASTM International, “Andrew Hall recognized for updating crucial safety standard ASTM F23,” November 2021
NC State, “Meet Nur-Us-Shafa Mazumder, 2021-2022 Provost’s Fellowship Recipient,” September 2021

NFFFTV, “2024 U.S. Fire Administrator’s Summit on Fire Prevention and Control – State of Science,” October 2024
Axios, “Feds testing first respirators for wildland firefighters,” September 2024
FIREFighting in Canada, “PFAS: Let’s talk about it,” September 2024
WECT6 News, “New study hopes to learn more about the connection between PFAS and firefighters’ health,” July 2024
WWAY3 New, “New Hanover County firefighters take part in national PFAS study,” July 2024
NBC News, “San Francisco poised to become first U.S. city to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighter gear,” May 2024
NBC Bay Area, “San Francisco trying to ban cancer-causing chemicals in firefighter gear, but are alternatives safe?” May 2024
NC Health News, “A recent study shows increased PFAS risks to firefighters as their protective gear ages,” March 2024
NC Health News, “Firefighters worry about chemicals in their gear, but alternatives could present problems too,” January 2024
NC Health News, “A turning point for firefighters: Navigating the transition to PFAS-free personal protective equipment,” December 2023
WRAL News, “NC State researchers study PFAS-free firefighter gear,” December 2023
CBS17 News, “NCSU researchers: Changing firefighter gear to reduce PFAS exposure could lead to other risks,” December 2023
NC State News, “Study Tests Firefighter Turnout Gear With, Without PFAS,” November 2023
Live 5 News, “Health concerns over firefighter gear made with forever chemicals,” November 2023
AATCC Review, “PFAS and Protecting Firefighters,” Vol. 23, No. 4, July/August 2023
NC Health News, “Firefighters worry about chemicals in their gear, but alternatives could present problems too,” January 2023
AATCC, “PPE: Where do we go from here?,” January 2023
Queen City News, “Understanding of cancer-causing materials in fire gear grows as researchers lay out new data,” January 2023
ABC News13 WLOS, “NC firefighters to sue over protective gear, warning ‘stay out of it as much as possible,” October 2022
Spectrum News 1, “N.C. State professor tests mask performance in his lab,” February 2022
CBS17 News, “Does a mask protect you if no one else is wearing one? Triangle experts explain,” February 2022
CBS17 News, “NC sending N95 masks to local health departments as Triangle experts weigh in on best masks to fight omicron,” January 2022
WhatTheyTh!nk.com, “Curious About the Latest Research in Mask Efficacy?,” November 2021
CBS17 News, “NC State researchers get CDC funding to improve face masks,” September 2021
NC State News, “Researchers Are Developing Better Tests for Face Coverings With New Tech,” September 2021
Wilson College of Textiles, “Staying Home — and Solving Problems,” September 2021
Live Town Hall Participant for News 13 WLOS, “Deadlier than Fire: News 13 hosts a town hall on firefighters’ increased risk of cancer,” May 2021
News 13 WLOS, “New data finds one division of the fire service may be at a greater health risk,” May 2021
CBS17 News, “NC State looking to wrangle ‘wild west of face masks’,” December 2020
NC State News, “NC State Experts Study Performance, Fit Testing for Face Masks for the Public,” December 2020
WRAL News, “Durham firefighter’s idea sparks new cancer study,” September 2020
News 13 WLOS, “Deadlier than Fire: Protecting firefighters from cancer risks,” March 2020
WRAL News, “Local nonprofit holds fundraiser for universal firefighter safety,” February 2019
ABC11 News, “Firefighters hoping for more protective gear amidst cancer concerns,” December 2018
WRAL News, “New law requires better reporting, tracking of cancer among firefighters,” July 2018
CBS17 News, “NC State researchers work to protect firefighters from cancer,” May 2018

The Markup, “Which Face Masks Actually Work Against COVID-19?” September 2020
NY Times Wirecutter, “How to Choose the Best Cloth Face Mask for You,” August 2020
Popular Science Magazine, “The 10 Most Awesome College Labs of 2013,” August 2013
NC State Graduate School THINK Magazine, “Under Fire: Chandler Maness Focuses Upon Protecting Firefighters from Toxic Exposures,” Summer 2017

Institute of Textile Science Newsletter, “Student Research on Respiratory Protection for Wildland Firefighters,” May 2024
2024 Fire Engineering PPE Supplement, “Considerations for Transitioning the Fire Service to PFAS-Free Alternatives,” January 2024
2022 Fire Engineering PPE Supplement, “Protection and Contamination: Understanding the Role of the Turnout Ensemble in Firefighter Cancer Prevention,” January 2022
2019 Fire Engineering PPE Supplement, “New Method for Inspecting Particulate-Blocking Hoods,” January 2019
Raleigh Magazine, “Fighting For Firefighters,” October 2018
Specialty Fabrics Review, “MIST Methodologies,” June 2014

All Clear Podcast, “Season 3, Episode 4, Firefighting Gear: Science, Superheroes, and the Great PFAS Mystery,” March 2025
All Clear Podcast, “Season 2, Episode 20, Foam, Gear, & Protection: A Conversation With Dr. Arash Kasebi,” August 2024
Code 3 Podcast, “Episode 337, PFAS in Turnout Gear May Be Hard to Replace with Bryan Ormond,” March 2024
25Live Podcast, “Episode 60- Dr. Bryan Ormond,” October 2020

Interview for documentary, “Deadlier than Fire – A WLOS Documentary,” May 2021