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Rubber Chemicals

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Rubber-based products permeate our lives, forming part of the many materials used for personal, domestic and industrial purposes. Rubber may be natural, synthetic or a mixture of the two. Since the vast majority of rubberized materials are unlabeled, it is difficult to determine whether a product contains natural or synthetic rubber. The overlap between “rubber” and “plastic” further complicates the matter, since plastics contain many of the same catalysts, stabilizers, antioxidants and pigments/dyes present in rubber products. (1981) listed a number of naphthylamines, substituted para-phenylenediamines, alkylphenols, and hydro-quinone derivatives that are utilized in manufaeturing both rubber and plastic. Although completely cured plastics rarely sensitize, fully cured rubber products produce Allergic reactions because the allergens in rubber can leach out or “bloom” over time.

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  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Erfurter Str. 35, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Occupational Dermatology and the National Institute for Working Life, Karolinska Hospital, 11776, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0989, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Belsito, D.V. (2004). Rubber Chemicals. In: Kanerva, L., Elsner, P., Wahlberg, J.E., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18556-4_39

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