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Formaldehyde in reusable protective gloves
Author(s) -
Pontén Ann
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00820.x
Subject(s) - chromotropic acid , formaldehyde , medicine , dermatology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Due to the clinical findings in a single patient's case, formaldehyde was suspected to be present in clinically relevant levels in reusable protective gloves. Therefore, 9 types of gloves were investigated with the semi‐quantitative chromotropic acid method. It was found that 6/9 gloves emitted some formaldehyde and that 4/9 gloves emitted ≥40 µg of formaldehyde. Most of the formaldehyde was found on the inside of the gloves. To get an indication of the clinical relevance, a comparison with a protective cream declared to contain the formaldehyde‐releasing agent diazolidinyl urea was performed by comparing areas of gloves with areas of cream layers with thickness 1–2 mg/cm 2 . It was found that the amounts of formaldehyde emitted from the gloves might be in the same range as emitted from a layer of cream.