On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:28:35AM -0400, Richard Beels wrote:
>
>The lotions will also increase the absorption of latex into the
>skin. increased absorption = increased risk of developing allergy to latex.
>
>At 22:01 04/30/2002, Randall Young was inspired to say:
>
>>Any petroleum product will attack latex gloves. ISTR there was a warning
>>circulating in health care circles a few years back not to use even hand
>>lotion under latex gloves, as many hand lotions contain petroleum products
>>(like Vaseline), and so would damage the gloves. There are also warnings
>>not to use Vaseline or similar products with latex condoms, same reason.
SO latex is bad? At what point does the danger of latex outweigh the
chemical it is supposedly protecting you against? I also thought latex was
non-organic, therefore couldn't be an allergen. Is it really an allergy
or just a heightened sensitivity? Would it be safer, from a latex absorption
standpoint, to not use the gloves when using the SA?
questionably,
jim
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