A major feature of Nitrile Gloves, besides greater physical strengths and 
solvent resistance is their inertness. Glove powder contains some corn starch 
and some people are allergic to that. Powder-free Nitrile gloves are held to be 
non-allergenic. Anything is possible, but its very unlikely that somebody 
develops an allergy to powder-free Nitrile gloves.
Cheers
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On Friday, April 28, 2000 4:47 AM, Kellar, Eric [SMTP:kellarec@MSX.UPMC.EDU] 
wrote:
> I had a similar contact dermatitis on my palms and between my fingers, and
> showed it to my Dermatopathologist. I was concerned that it may also be my
> new nitrile gloves or some other chemical in the laboratory. He diagnosed it
> as being caused by a hair product that I was using (applying it to my palms
> and rubbing it between my fingers before applying it to my hair  - it
> contained nettle and I happen to be allergic to nettle. He was right!  After
> a few cortisone applications and discontinued use of the hair product ...all
> was back to normal.
>
>
> Eric C. Kellar
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: 	pam plumlee[SMTP:paw555@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: 	Thursday, April 27, 2000 11:10 AM
> > To: 	Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > Subject: 	Glove reaction
> >
> > Good morning:  I've had a reaction in the past few
> > months on my palms and inbetween my fingers.  I get
> > little white and red blister like bumps that take
> > quite a while to dry up and go away.  They do not
> > itch.
> > I've been wearing gloves for about 20 years and never
> > had a problem.  When this started I was wearing a
> > combo of regular powder free latex and nitrile.  I
> > thought I might be having a reaction to the latex so I
> > switched to nitrile only.  After going through 2
> > brands of nitrile its still happening.  Anyone out
> > there have this problem?  Any suggestions or
> > solutions?  Thanks for your time, Pam
> >
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