Re: Re: Re: RoundUp Warning

I have used these latex gloves forever and never had a problem before. They were not a new box either.

I am not saying it was the round-up, just wondering.

Donna

----- Original Message -----
From: Daryl
Sent: 7/3/2003 10:27:23 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] RoundUp Warning

> I wonder if you were allergic to the gloves, or whether the gloves held the
> chemical or irritant next to your skin for a long period of time.
> 
> When I took pesticide safety training, they were very careful to tell us
> that some gloves can make things worse because the chemical would go right
> through them and then be in very close contact with moist (read that
> softening and more susceptible) skin. They said to make sure that they type
> of glove you used was matched to the carrier in the chemical.
> 
> Daryl
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 10:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] RoundUp Warning
> 
> 
> > My hands were fine when I started, two days later I was a disaster. And I
> did have gloves on.
> >
> > Donna
> >
> > >
> > > Did you use it after your hands were infected, or were you doing it all
> at
> > > the same time?
> > >
> > > Losing that much skin is scary! I had that happen once when I was
> spreading
> > > wood ash (bare handed like an idiot) and it started to drizzle. The lye
> that
> > > leached from the wood ash ate my fingers something fierce!
> > >
> > > Daryl
> >
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