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posables may be a good choice for brief pesticide handling activities that re-
quire flexibility and will not tear the thin plastic.
For example, you might use disposable gloves, shoe covers, and apron
while pouring pesticides into a hopper or tank, cleaning or adjusting a nozzle,
or making minor equipment adjustments.
Nonwoven (including coated nonwoven) coveralls and hoods usually are
designed to be disposed of after use. Most are intended to be worn for only
one workday's exposure period. The instructions with some coated nonwoven
suits and hoods may permit you to wear them more than once if each period of
use is short and they are not contaminated or torn. Be especially alert when
reusing these items, and be ready to change them whenever there are signs that
pesticides could be getting through the material or that the inside surface is
contaminated. Figure 6.18 shows two different types of Tyvek ® coveralls that
are disposable.
Figure 6.18 Disposable coveralls made of Tyvek . Tyevek ® is a DuPont
registered trademark for its brand of spunbonded olefin. Only DuPont makes
Tyvek ® .
Dust/mist masks, prefilters, canisters, filtering and vapor-removing car-
tridges, and a few cartridge respirators are disposables. They cannot be
cleaned, and they should be replaced often.
 
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