A nonwoven safety garment for protecting against hazards, such as radiological, light splash, chemical, biological or foreign matter, comprising: one or more pieces of material collectively having a plurality of edges; at least one seam connecting at least two of the plurality of edges, together defining a garment that has an inside and an outside and covers substantially all of the wearer; a plurality of doffing loops (350, 355) positioned and attached to the outside of the garment with sufficient strength that a wearer can pull on one or more of the doffing loops to doff at least a portion of the garment; and a closure that openably closes at least one of the at least one seams, and wherein the closure at least partially opens when a separating force above a predetermined threshold is applied in a particular direction; wherein at least one of the doffing loops is positioned and attached on the garment to transmit force above the predetermined threshold to the closure in the particular direction; and a hood that includes: an edge that defines a face opening; characterized in that a neck flap is attached to a first side of the face opening, the neck flap bearing one part of a two-part attachment device; and on a second side of the face opening, opposite the first side, a second part of the attachment device; wherein, when the first part and the second part of the attachment device are in contact, the neck flap defines the bottom of the face opening; wherein the hood further includes one or more doffing loops, each positioned and attached to the outside of the hood so that a wearer can pull at least one of them to doff the hood; and wherein the neck flap further includes one or more removal features, each positioned and attached to the outside of the neck flap so that, when the attachment device is in a closed position, a wearer can pull at least one of the removal features to move the attachment device to an open position. one or more pieces of material collectively having a plurality of edges; at least one seam connecting at least two of the plurality of edges, together defining a garment that has an inside and an outside and covers substantially all of the wearer; a plurality of doffing loops (350, 355) positioned and attached to the outside of the garment with sufficient strength that a wearer can pull on one or more of the doffing loops to doff at least a portion of the garment; and a closure that openably closes at least one of the at least one seams, and wherein the closure at least partially opens when a separating force above a predetermined threshold is applied in a particular direction; wherein at least one of the doffing loops is positioned and attached on the garment to transmit force above the predetermined threshold to the closure in the particular direction; and a hood that includes: an edge that defines a face opening; characterized in that a neck flap is attached to a first side of the face opening, the neck flap bearing one part of a two-part attachment device; and on a second side of the face opening, opposite the first side, a second part of the attachment device; wherein, when the first part and the second part of the attachment device are in contact, the neck flap defines the bottom of the face opening; an edge that defines a face opening; characterized in that a neck flap is attached to a first side of the face opening, the neck flap bearing one part of a two-part attachment device; and on a second side of the face opening, opposite the first side, a second part of the attachment device; wherein, when the first part and the second part of the attachment device are in contact, the neck flap defines the bottom of the face opening; wherein the hood further includes one or more doffing loops, each positioned and attached to the outside of the hood so that a wearer can pull at least one of them to doff the hood; and wherein the neck flap further includes one or more removal features, each positioned and attached to the outside of the neck flap so that, when the attachment device is in a closed position, a wearer can pull at least one of the removal features to move the attachment device to an open position.