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Nitrile Glove Permeation of Benomyl

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The aim of this study was to investigate permeation of the fungicide benomyl at its highest field application concentration (0.70 mg/mL) in Benlate 50 WP aqueous solution (1.4 mg/mL) through two types of unsupported and unlined nitrile gloves—a disposable latex glove (Safeskin) and an industrial chemical-resistant glove (Solvex)—using an American Society for Testing and Materials (ATSM)–type permeation cell with isopropanol collection medium. The permeation cell was contained in a moving-tray water bath at 30.0°C ± 0.5°C. The collection medium was evaporated and the residue derivatized with an optimized method (2,3,4,5,6-pentafluoro)benzyl bromide to form the disubstituted derivative of carbendazim (CARB), CARB.2PFB. The latter in isooctane was then quantified by gas chromatography–63Ni-electron capture detection (GC-ECD) by the internal standard method. GC-ECD, GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and reflectance infrared investigations showed that little degradation of benomyl occurred in the challenge solution of aqueous Benlate during an 8-hour exposure period. Benomyl was collected as a mixture of CARB and benomyl as shown by the presence of a diagnostic chromatographic peak identified by GC-MS. The amounts permeated during the same time period were always higher for Safeskin than for Solvex gloves, with the latter being approximately 18 times more protective than the former after 8 hours of continuous exposure. Although the Solvex gloves were safe to wear at least for 4 hours and for almost 8 hours, the ASTM breakthrough threshold was used as reference and thus ignored carcinogenic effects. Reflectance infrared investigations detected benomyl and CARB on the glove challenge surface after drying and confirmed that the cleaned glove surfaces after permeation experiments did not differ in infrared reflectance spectra from the corresponding surfaces just before the permeation experiments.

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Funding for this study was provided by NIOSH/CDCP RO1 03754A and the University of California Los Angeles Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.

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Zainal, H., Hee, S.S.Q. Nitrile Glove Permeation of Benomyl. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 50, 429–436 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-004-0189-7

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