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| Latex allergy: Is it just hype? Is Latex Allergy All About Trade And Global Competition? There is a common belief in the Latex production sector that latex allergies are hyped up in the United States. One argument often advanced is that latex production workers in the producing countries do not become allergic, despite handling liquid latex in hot, sweaty conditions. The counter-argument is that this comparison (health care workers {HCWs} in the USA -vs- plantation workers) is not valid, because of: the number of gloves donned and removed, the powder coating on gloves which carries proteins into the lungs of health care workers, the fact that HCWs are exposed to gloves from many different manufacturers, with varying levels of protein and powder. Nevertheless, the NR producers have their own mind-set: They honestly believe that this allergy issue is all about trade. They think that the multi-national glove producers are imposing ultra-strict manufacturing limits on gloves in order to drive smaller glove makers bankrupt and win back the market share they lost to local manufacturers in the 1980s and 1990s. No matter how unwelcome this point may be, it *is* how the South-east Asian manufacturers (and some Europeans) see the issue. Cases of latex allergy are relatively uncommon in Europe and very uncommon in Asia. Perhaps it is only a matter of time before we get the pain that you have right now, but for the time being, this view remains very common in the glove and latex industry outside the USA. |
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