are fixed to the perimeters of the base 138 and the cover 126 once all the zipper pulls 144 are in their sealed positions the wearer brings the base 138 into position behind the opening 134 by manipulating the base through the fabric of the suit and the cover 126 is made to overlap the base 138 and the cover stalk 132 nubbin 133 is snapped into engagement with the base pocket 136 the rubber gaskets 142 thus press against each other through the suit fabric to form an airtight seal another alternative embodiment chemical biological hazard protection suit 146 is shown in fig1 11 the suit 146 employs a single zipper seal 148 similar to the one shown in fig1 14 the suit 146 has a first zipper 150 sealing the front of the pants 152 a second zipper 154 at waist level which seals the pants to the torso section 156 and a third zipper 158 which extends upwardly along the front center of the suit turns to extend along the front of the left sleeve 160 crosses to the rear of the sleeve adjacent the cuff 162 then travels behind the hood 164 to extend along the right sleeve 166 and terminate near to the right sleeve cuff 168 the three zippers 150 154 158 meet at the zipper seal 148 both the suits 100 146 have the storage compartment of the suit 20 and in the partially stowed condition can be stored within a stowage flap it should be noted that although a resilient cord is discussed above as the retention member for the stowage flap other.