Latex, laboratory gloves

Protective rubber or latex laboratory gloves and laboratory coats should be worn at all times when working with equipment, be it the porosimeter or the dilatometer, or during the cleanup process. 

Laboratory workers handling NDMA could potentially be exposed to the nitrosamine as a result of diffusion through rubber gloves. Walker et al. (1978) showed that rubber gloves worn in research laboratories do not provide complete protection from dermal exposure to NDMA, because 11.8% of the NDMA contained in a dichloromethane solution was found to diffuse through latex surgical gloves into saline solution, over a period of 20 minutes. Dichloromethane is a common solvent for NDMA. 

Caution Carry out all procedures in a well-ventilated hood, and wear disposable vinyl or latex gloves and chemical-resistant safety goggles. For handling diethyl-zinc wear a long laboratory coat, leather gloves, and a helmet with a face protection shield. 

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It is advised that you wear latex or vinyl exam gloves at all times in the laboratory. Even if a particular experiment does not require the use of hazardous chemicals, one can never be sure that those from a previous experiment have been properly disposed of. If volatile compounds are used, they should be stored under a fume hood at all times. If possible, students should work with these materials under the fume hood as well. The large amounts of materials that are often required for a laboratory group may soon fill the room with unpleasant and potentially hazardous vapors. This is particularily important if the reagent vapors are flammable (see Experiment 6) or radioactive (see Experiment 12). 

Safety Precautions Avoid getting FDNB on your skin by wearing rubber or latex gloves at all times. Ether is very noxious and very flammable. Keep the ether in the fume hoods at all times and avoid having open flames in the laboratory. FDNB can cause burns to the skin. Wear safety goggles at all times. Ninhydrin vapors are corro-... 

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