HANDLING OF PESTICIDES AND THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - Agrochemical and Pesticide Safety - page 215

3. Solvent Permeation

Since the early 1980s, the EPA has compiled all the available information
form the government laboratories, equip ment manufacturers, and suppl iers
into a database. Permeation data for several of the solvent liquids listed in Table
6.5 are available for common glove materials from this database.

Table 6.5 Organic liquids used as carrier solvents in non-aqueous solution
pesticide formulations (U.S. EPA, Guidance Manual for Selecting Protective
Clothing for Agricultural Pesticide Operations ).
Functional group classification Organic carrier solvent

Acetate Amyl acetate

Butyl acetate

Alcohols Diacetone alcohol

Diethanol amine
Ethanol
Hexylene glycol
Isopropanol
Methanol
Propylene glycol
Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

Halogenated hydrocarbons Methylene chloride

Ketones Acetone

Cyclohexanone
Isophorone
Methyl isobutyl ketone

Petroleum distillates, aliphatic Diesel fuel (paraffins up to 600•f b.p.)

Gasoline (c4-c12 paraffins)
Kerosene (paraffins up to 500•f b.p.)
Mineral oil
Mineral spirits
Naphtha
Petroleum oil

Petroleum distillates, aromatic Xylenes

Xylene range solvents

These data were reviewed and a qualitative rating was assigned to each
chemical/material pair for which data were available in Table 6.6 .

Table 6.6 is provided as a final aid for protective glove selection deci-
sions. Table 6.6 identifies the preferred glove types as well as those not rec-
ommended for use with pesticide formulations containing various carrier sol-
vent types. The glove types identified as preferred are those that consistently
provide the best permeation resistance to pesticide formulations and undiluted
carrier solvents within each chemical classification identified. The glove types
identified as not recommended are those that consistently provide very poor
permeation resistance. Also note that the recommendations in Table 6.6 are