Fun Facts About Rubber Latex Gloves

Fun Facts About Rubber Latex Gloves

1. Where Is It From?

Rubber latex gloves are made from the sap of hevea trees.

2. How Is It Collected?

Rubber trees are tapped by farmers early in the morning so as to harvest as much rubber latex as possible. 

3. Why Are Rubber Gloves Invented?

The first chief of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. William Stewart Halsted, invented disposable rubber gloves to prevent his staff from developing dermatitis from surgical chemicals. 

4. "Father of Latex Gloves "

William Stewart Halsted was the first person to invent rubber disposable gloves.

5. Green Gloves

Since rubber gloves are made from the sap of trees, rubber gloves are biodegradable. 

6. Sometimes, It's Called " Second-skin"

Rubber latex gloves are considered to be one of the most comfortable gloves. It acts like a "second-skin".

 

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