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Subject:                     Which is best at shedding Chemical Contamination - Leather or Rubber Fire Boots?

Date of Email report:   Fri 21/08/2009

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In a recent study conducted at the laboratories of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc in Elkton, Maryland leather swatch samples were found to retain less residual chemical contamination than rubber swatch samples following decontamination procedures. The tests were conducted using a testing protocol established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is focused on chemicals that fire-fighters are likely to encounter in the field, including carbon disulfide (CS2), tetrachloroethylene, isooctane (gasoline), acrylonitrile, dimethyl formamide (DMF), and diethyl amine as contaminants.

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