Surface treated natural rubber latex sludge as a potential filler for natural rubber compounds

Natural Rubber Latex Allergy

Natural rubber latex allergy.

Immediate hypersensitivity to natural rubber latex (NRL) has become increasingly common during the last 20 years. It is currently one of the most frequently encountered occupational diseases among the healthcare workers and a problem even in other occupations where protective gloves are used. Several groups at high risk for developing NRL allergy have been defined, including healthcare workers ...

Natural Rubber Latex Allergy

I n the past 10 years, IgE-mediated allergy to natural rubber latex has become a significant health problem in industrialized countries, especially among health care workers, patients with congenital malformations, and children with a history of multiple surgical interventions. Curative treatment inducing immunological tolerance in formerly sensitized patients is experimental and not yet genera...

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as an Activator for Natural Rubber Latex

This work focuses on the study the effect of ZnO nanoparticles on the vulcanizate properties of natural rubber (NR) latex films. Zinc oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple and an efficient wet chemical method. The Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD) characterization confirmed the successful synthesis of pure ZnO and the average particle size was found to be 50 – 100 nm as indicated by pa...

Occupational asthma caused by natural rubber latex.

IgE-mediated sensitization in protein allergens of natural rubber latex (NRL) can induce immediate hypersensitivity reactions ranging from mild urticaria in life threatening anaphylaxis after cutaneous, mucosal or visceral exposure. Elutable allergens from NRL gloves absorb to the cornstarch powder particles, become airborne, and have the potential to cause respiratory reactions. Recent studies...