Condoms nitrosamines

Condoms with High Carcinogenic Nitrosamine Levels.382... 

In the summer of 2004, [21] reported on a study by the Chemical and Veterinary Analysis Office, Stuttgart, according to which 29 of 32 condoms investigated contained considerable amounts of N-nitrosamines. In one cmidom with a chocolate... 

In the rubber industry, chemicals containing amines are used as vulcanization accelerating agents, which may be transformed during the production process (vulcanization) into nitrosamines. Such substances are added to condoms to give the rubber the needed degree of elasticity. 

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