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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CONSERVATORS: GLOVES AND HAND PROTECTIONLucy Commoner
 
 
 
  SOME MANUFACTURERS OF PROTECTIVE GLOVES:American Working Women's Supply CompanyPO Box 100, Deer Park, NY 11729, (516)-667-6266Dunn Products 37 S. Sangamon Street Chicago, IL 60607, (312)-666-5800Edmont Wilson division of Becton Dickinson & Co., 77 Walnut Street Cochoton, OH 43812Granet PO Box 588, 25 Loring Drive Framingham, MA 01701, (617)-875-3521Lab Safety Supply PO Box 1368, Janesville, WI 53547, (800)-356-6964Magid Glove and Safety Manufacturing Co. 2060 North Kolmar Ave., Chicago, IL 60639, (800)-621-8010 or (312)-384-2070Newtex Industries Railroad Avenue, PO Box 25, Victor, NY 14564, (716)-924-9135Norton Safety Products PO Box 70729, Charleston, SC 29405, (803)-554-0660Surety Rubber Co. Box 92N3, Carrollton, OH 44615 protective clothing and gloves in women's sizes also supplies Coverderm barrier cream for nonaqueous solvents manufactures Zetex heat-resistant gloves 
 
  GENERAL INFORMATION ON WORK GLOVES IS AVAILABLE FROM:Work Glove Manufacturers AssociationBox H, Grayslake, IL 60030, (312) 223–9222
National Industrial Glove Distributors Association 2510 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD 21401 
 
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
Commoner, Lucy, “Resistance to Chemicals of Common Glove Materials” [information packet compiled for AIC General Session Health and Safety Hazards in Art Conservation, AIC 10th Annual Meeting, 1982]. 
Dionne, E.D., “How to select proper hand protection,” National Safety News vol. 119, no. 5 (May 1979):, pp. 44–53. 
McCann, Michael, Artist Beware, New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1979. “Guidelines for the Selection of Chemical Protective Equipment,” published by Arthur D. Little under the sponsorship of the EPA, 1983. 
McFee, D.W., “How well do gloves protect hands against solvents,” Journal of the American Society of Safety Engineers, May 1964. 
“NIOSH Certified Personal Protective Equipment 76–145,” published by NIOSH, Division of Technical Services, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. 
Petherbridge, Guy, ed., “Safety and Health in the Paper Conservation Laboratory,” The Paper Conservator, Vols 5 & 6, 1980–81. 
Stellman, Jeanne and Daum, Susan, Work is Dangerous to Your Health, New York, Vintage Books, 1973. 
“Work Gloves,” National Safety News, vol. 118, no. 1 (July 1978), pp. 78–82. |