The Short-term Protective Effects of 'Non-PPE' Gloves Used by Greenhouse Workers.

ABSTRACT: Task-based worker exposure assessments are used in regulatory product approval for pesticides. Some agricultural workers may be exposed to pesticide residues predominantly via transfer to the hands during plant tending or crop harvesting. They may use thin 'splash-resistant single-use' (SRSU) gloves or cotton gloves as good industry practice, for example, to protect a delicate crop from bruising, rather than specifically for chemical protection. These 'non-personal protective equipment (PPE)' gloves may or may not have been tested for chemical resistance, but can nevertheless give limited protection from chemicals. This paper reports experiments to assess the protection factors (PFs) of 'non-PPE' gloves against chemicals, to better inform the regulatory exposure assessments.One type of lig

SUBMITTER: Roff M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4593184 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature