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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] C&EN article: The uneven world of chemical accident investigation
Date: Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 10:14:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] C&EN article: The uneven world of chemical accident investigation
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 04:47:34 +0000
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From: davivid <davivid**At_Symbol_Here**WELL.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Latex and Nitrile Glove Allergies
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2016 20:51:35 -0700
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In a Bio class where I needed to do dissections, using gloves led to
multiple slippery surfaces between my fingers and the scalpel. The
instructor let my lab partner and I slather up with lanolin to keep the
preservative at bay instead. Worked fine.

Dave

On 2/9/16 1:15 PM, Laurence Doemeny wrote:
> I fully agree with Monona Rossol on this. I would go further and ask, "Are the gloves needed?"
>
> If the student had taken biology, where gloves are frequently required or recommended what did the student wear for those classes?
>
> Laurence Doemeny
>

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