Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 6.6
Glove selection guidance for protection from pesticide formula-
tions that contain organic solvents (U.S. EPA,
Guidance Manual for Selecting
Protective Clothing for Agricultural Pesticide Operations
).
Glove Reccomendations
Carrier solvent type
Preferred
Not recommended
Acetates
Butyl rubber
Natural rubber
Polyvinyl alcohol
Polyvinyl chloride
Silver Shield
Alcohols
Butyl rubber
Neoprene + natural
Neoprene
blend
Nitrile rubber
Nitrile + PVC blend
Alcohol mixtures with:
halogenated
Neoprene
Nitrile rubber
hydrocarbons, or
Polyvinyl chloride
aromatic petroleum
Neoprene
Nitrile rubber
distillates, or
Polyvinyl chloride
halogenated
Silver Shield
Natural rubber
hydrocarbons
Nitrile rubber
Polyvinyl chloride
Ketones
Butyl rubber
Natural rubber
Polyvinyl alcohol
Neoprene + natural blend
Silver Shield
Nitrile + PVC blend
Polyethylene
Viton
Ketone mixtures with: aromatic
Butyl rubber
Natural rubber
petroleum distillates
Neoprene
Polyvinyl chloride
Nitrile rubber
Silver Shield
Petroleum distillates, aliphatic
mixtures with: aromatic petro-
leum distillates
Butyl rubber
Nitrile rubber
Natural rubber
Polyvinyl chloride
Petroleum distillates, Aromatic
Butyl rubber
Natural rubber
Nitrile rubber
Polyethylene
Xylenes (<40%)
Polyvinyl alcohol
Natural rubber
Silver Shield
Viton
Nitrile rubber
Xylenes (>40%)
Polyvinyl alcohol
Neoprene
Silver Shield
Polyethylene
Viton
Polyvinyl chloride
These fabrics exhibit levels of barrier effectiveness that span many orders
of magnitude. As discussed earlier, a definitive comparison of the fabrics is
difficult, because the agricultural clothing research community has no standard
test for measuring barrier effectiveness. Furthermore, the difficulty of this
situation is compounded by varied practices among the researchers for describ-
ing the fabrics that they tested. Examples include:
