Chemical protective gloves for seven commercial herbicides.

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• Personal Author:
  Berardinelli, Stephen P. ; Hall RC ; Sanderson, Wayne T.
• Description:
  The breakthrough times of seven commonly used herbicides through various commercially available protective gloves were determined. Glove samples were challenged with the concentrated herbicide formulations using ASTM Test Method F-739. Based solely on chemical resistance data, the specialty laminate (Silver Shield, 4H) afforded workers the most protection, the longest breakthrough time, against all seven herbicides tested. Nitrile and butyl gloves, based on chemical permeation and chemical degradation, were protective against AATrex-4L (1912249), Dual-8E (51218452), Lasso Micro-Tech (15972608), Sencor-DF (21087649), and Gramoxone-Extra (4685147). However, they were not protective against Judge (15972608) or Treflan-MTF (1582098). Nitrile and butyl glove materials were wrinkled and distorted after 1 hour exposures to Treflan MTF or Judge. The authors note that wrinkled or distorted gloves should be taken as an indicator of a chemical incompatibility between the herbicide and the glove material.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-chemicals Agricultural-workers Hand-protection Materials-testing NIOSH-Author Personal-protective-equipment Pesticides Skin-exposure
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-39
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00229126
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1995 Sep; :1-39
• CAS Registry Number:
  Atrazine (CAS RN 1912-24-9) ; Metolachlor (CAS RN 51218-45-2) ; Alachlor (CAS RN 15972-60-8) ; Metribuzin (CAS RN 21087-64-9) ; Paraquat (CAS RN 4685-14-7) ; Alachlor (CAS RN 15972-60-8) ; Trifluralin (CAS RN 1582-09-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Division of Safety Research, NIOSH, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Morgantown, West Virginia, 39 pages, 10 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6a3a76b9e9f8de9c0f0ed2aea75a4da09c914e8e67e9e1393deecfe9d09ada514a453c66c34f4c59758db24a9ffac8d0bc32675050db84cb08ce422be920afa9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/180939/cdc_180939_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.15 MB ]