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What skin protection measures are recommended when working with xylene?

April 26, 2017measures recommended skin working xylene

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What skin protection measures are recommended when working with xylene?

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Chemical protective gloves, coveralls, boots, and/or other resistant protective clothing. Have a safety shower/eye-wash fountain readily available in the immediate work area. What types of materials should my protective clothing be made of? Guidelines for xylene: RECOMMENDED (resistance to breakthrough longer than 8 hours): Polyvinyl alcohol, Viton(TM), 4H(TM), Barricade(TM), CPF3(TM) and Tychem 10 000(TM). RECOMMENDED (resistance to breakthrough longer than 4 hours): Teflon(TM), Responder(TM). NOT RECOMMENDED for use (resistance to breakthrough less than 1 hour): Butyl rubber, natural rubber, neoprene, nitrile rubber, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride. Recommendations are NOT valid for very thin natural rubber, Neoprene, nitrile and PVC gloves (0.3 mm or less). Recommendations are valid for permeation rates reaching 0.1 g/cm2/min or 1 mg/m2/min and over. Resistance of specific materials can vary from product to product. Breakthrough times are obtained under conditions of continuous con