For the common glove manufacturing process especially the natural rubber gloves, a thin coating of cornstarch powder is use to facilitate donning of the gloves and to prevent the sides from sticking together. They are call the powdered gloves.
The powder-free gloves are recommended in order to resolve the discomfort caused by the cornstarch powder from gloves. Most powder-free gloves have been extensively washed and treated with the chlorine process, which not only removes the tackiness of the gloves without the need for cornstarch powder, but also eliminate most of the extratable latex protein in case of the natural rubber gloves.
Beside that, the synthetic rubber (e.g. Nitrile and PVC) are the alternative material to replace the natural rubber gloves to overcome the latex allergy or hypersensitivity, occurs when a person's body's immune system reacts to the latex proteins and/or the additives used during the manufacturing process. The reactions range from mild: skin rash, runny nose, itchy, watery eyes, to an extreme of: facial or throat swelling, and difficulty breathing.
very details, thx! but where can I find the info about what kind of gloves I wanna use, like if I was working with chemical materials, I should use the certain kind of gloves, right? and if I working with electronic devices, I should use different gloves. can you recommend me a official website about those?
appreciate that!