In the United States, Kaiser Permanente also switched from vinyl gloves to nitrile because of the same concerns. And, the European Union in 2008 banned the use in food safety products of at least ...

A national group of environmental organizations called the Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging recently discovered a type of chemical called phthalates in vinyl gloves used at ...

Steve Ardagh is the founder and CEO of Eagle Protect, a leading glove company. He is known as “The Glove Guy” for his food safety leadership. In the glove world, the toxic chemical of the ...

Scientists have discovered that phthalates can be transferred from vinyl gloves to our food, but the amount we actually ingest is still unknown. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more.