Latex Free Home Product List

Note: This list is a guideline for informational purposes only. It is very difficult to obtain full and accurate information on the latex content of products, which may vary between companies and product series. A.L.E.R.T., Inc. disclaims any legal responsibility associated with the use of any product on this list. All individuals and professionals must obtain written verification of non-latex status from the product supplier before use with latex allergic individuals. Many companies listed under alternatives also carry latex products. Please contact A.L.E.R.T., Inc. at (888) 97 ALERT to share information you obtain about products not listed.

Usage:

• Product that may contains latex
  • Alternative product or method that does NOT contain latex

• Automobile: floor mats, steering wheel
  • Vinyl
  • Clear
  • cover with a cover
  • leather
    
    
• Art supplies: paint, markers, glue
  • See A.L.E.R.T., Inc. School Supply List
    
    
• Balloons:
  • Mylar balloons
  • Marketing Innovation (212-876-0050)
    
    
• Balls: koosh, tennis, rubber, basketball
  • Vinyl
  • Thorton sports balls
  • PVC-Hedstrom sports ball (800-233-3271)
    
    
• Bandages: Curad
  • Active & Comfort strips 3M (latex in package) (800-3M HELPS)
  • Kendall (508)-261-8000
    
  • Phoeni Health Care Products
    
• Bath mat:
  • Bathroom throw rugs: (non skid latex backing)
  • 100% cotton reversible rug (Lands End 800-356-4444)
    
    
• Braces or splints with foam lining:
  • Line with cloth or felt.
    
    
• Breath Right strips
  
  
• Camera eye piece, binocular eye piece:
  
  
• Chewing gum:
  • Bubblicious, trident, Dentyne, Mint-A-Burst, Cinn-A-Burst, Fruit-A-Burst by Warner-Lambert (800-223-0182)
  • Wrigley's Gums (312-644-2121)
    
    
• Cold wraps &
  Latex-free packaging
  • Phoenix Health Care Products
    
    
• Condoms, diaphrams, contraceptive sponge:
  • Polyurethane, female condom Reality, polymer male Avanti (800-926-6366)
    
    
• Cosmetics, applicators, sponges, eye lash curler, waterproof mascara:
  • All Natural Cosmetics (Cosmetics Without Synthetics) (888) 586-9719
  • Clinique, Clinique Laboratories (212-572-3800)
  • Luminescence (800-364-6637)
  • Qosmedix Alternative Resource Catalog (800-618-3129)
  • use cotton balls or brushes
  • Note: (cosmetics may contain papain, a papya derivative that can cross react with latex)
    
    
• Crutches: axillary & hand pads:
  • Cover with stockinet, cloth, or tape
    
    
• Dental items:
  • See A.L.E.R.T., Inc. Dental List
    
    
• Disposable diapers, incontinence pads, rubber pants:
  • Huggies, Pull-Ups, Goodnites, Depends, Kimberly Clark (800-544-1847)
  • First Quality, Gold Seal, Tranquility (800-467-3224)
    
    
• Drain stoppers:
  
  
• Driveway sealant:
  
  
• Earphones, headsets:
  
  • Earplugs: Lyons Safety (800-548-0909)

  
  

• Electrical appliance cords:
  
  
• Elastic, underwear, clothing:
  • Cover with cloth
  • Decent Exposures (800-524-4949) website:www.decentexposures.com
  • Alternative Resource Catalog (800-618-3129)
  • Seventh Generation (800-456-1177)
    
    
• Feeding nipples:
  • Silicone Gerber (800-4-GERBER),
  • Evenflo (800-233-BABY)
  • MAM
  • some Russ
  • Mead Johnson
    
    
• Feminine sanitary pads & tampons:
  • New Freedom Kimberly Clark (800-554-1847)
  • Naturals TAMPX (800-523-0014)
  • NatraCare (800-796-2872)
    
    
• Finger cots:
  
  
• Floor coverings, carpet backing, mats, rubber gym floors:
  • The Stopper
  • non skid rug pad (800-245-2217)
  • Wooden floors,
  • provide barrier-cloth
    
    
• Foam rubber:
  • synthetic foam
    
    
• Gloves used with food handling:
  • Synthetic, vinyl (inquire at grocery stores & restaurants before eating)
    
    
• Food storage bags/zippered plastic bags:
  • Ziploc Dow Brands, (800-428-4795)
  • wax paper
  • plain plastic bags
  • HandiWrap
  • Saran Wrap
    
    
• Foods: cross reactivity
  • See Greer Lab List
    
    
• Garden hoses:
  • Vinyl
    
    
• Gaskets:
  • Neoprene, Silicone
    
    
• Gloves: housekeeping, rubber, kitchen
  • heavy duty nitrile, Lyons Safety (800-548-0909)
  • Vinyl Allerderm (800-365-6868)
  • Nyplex, Magla (800-247-5281)
  • Solvex nitryl, Ansell (800-321-9752)
  • Lab Safety Supply (800-356-0783)
    
    
• Glue, envelopes, stamps:
  • use wet cloth to moisten
    
    
• Helmets, bike:
  Bell Sports www.bellsports.com
  
  
• Hot water bottles:
  
  
• Insulin injections:
  • AdvantaJet (800-991-4464)
    
    
• Lacquers:
  • Lottery tickets (instant scratch off):
    
    
• Medical products:
  • See A.L.E.R.T., Inc. Hospital List
    
    
• Milking machines:
  
  
• Mouse pad:
  • MediaMate
  • FastTrac Mouse Pad Model #15640
  • Expressions #6292 by Rubbermaid (800-521-8270)
  • Keytronics
  • Mouse on keyboard Model # (1P)LT Trackball (800-262-6006)
  • Reason Technology (800-800-4860)
  • Levengers AD258 (800-544-0880)
    
    
• Pacifiers:
  • Plastic, silicone and vinyl
  • Infa
  • Kip
  • Gerber
  • MAM
  • Binky
    
    
• Pantyhose:
  • Lycra-Spandex
  • tuck clothes under waist band
  • L'EGGS (800-925-3447)
    
    
• Pens with rubber grips:
  • Use plastic, carry own
    
    
• Plants: Poinsetia, rubber plants, fiscus:
  • Plasters: check label
    
    
• Raincoats, waterproof boots:
  • Neoprene-coated nylon, PVC Gempers (800-382-8473)
    
    
• Resuscitator equipment:
  • Breath of Life Pacific Rim Dental (800-298-9074)
    
    
• Rubber bands:
  • Plasticbands Baumgarten (800-247-5547)
    
    
• Rubber button pads on phones, calculator, TV remote:
  • Most are silicone rubber. Check with manufacturer
    
    
• School supplis:
  • See A.L.E.R.T., Inc. School Supply List
    
    
• Shoes: rubber boots, crepe sole, archpads, rubber thongs, water shoes:
  • Rubber free sport shoe (PW Minor Shoe ompany 716-343-1500)
  • PVC waterproof boots (Gemnlers 800-382-8473)insoles Frelonic (508-744-0300)
  • Superfeet (800-634-6618)
    
    
• Silk flowers (latex covered stem)
  
  
• Socks:
  • cotton socks without elastic,
  • Vermont Country Stor (802) 362-8440
  • Buster Brown (800-222-0020)
  • Dr. Leonards Health Care Catalogue (908-225-0880)
  • Kathy Ireland cotton/lycra/nylon (Kmart)
    
    
• Spatulas:
  • wooden, plastic, synthetic, Pampered Chef
    
    
• Sports equipment:

  Water toys	PVC or plastic
  Swim cap, thongs, goggles	Silicone swim caps Silicone or vinyl
  Wet suits, scuba/snorkel masks & equipt	LaCosta (800-522-6782)
  Bungee cords
  Handles: Ping Pong paddles Golf clubs Aluminium baseball bat Tennis/squash/rackets Ski poles	Rawling Sporting Goods: 800-473-7295 Spalding Sporting Goods: 800-772-5346 Wilson Sporting Goods: 800-333-8326
  Balls: Rubber
  Canoe, Kayak, Rafting equipment	Planetary Gear (303-581-0518)
  Sailing equipment
  Motorcycle headgear
  Note: WINN Inc. sells polyurethane replacement grips for sports equipment (800-854-7676)

  
  
  

• Stretch fabrics (some)
  • Lycra-spandex, Dupont (800-342-3774)
    
    
• Swim suits:
  
  • Suits Me Swimware
    Tel. 352-666-1485
    website: www.latexfreeswimwear.com
• T-shirts with appliques:
  • Tape: adhesive, scotch, masking
    
    
• Plastic, silk tape:
  • Microfoam
  • Micropore
  • Durapore
  • Transpore
  • Dermaclear
  • Dermicel
  • Waterproof (J&J)
    
    
• Telephone receiver/headset/shoulder rest:
  
  
• Tires: rubber
  
  
• Tools with rubber handles:
  
  
  • Vinyl
  • leather handles
  • cover with tape
    
    
• Toothbrush handles w/ rubber grips, infant tooth massager:
  • Oral B (800-44-ORAL B)
  • Reach soft bristle, Crest (800-492-7378)
  • Note: most of these handles are synthetic. check with the manufacturer
    
    
• Toys-rubber ducky, teething toys, Stretch Armstrong, old Barbies, Technics
  • Plastic, cloth, vinyl
  • Jurassic Park Figures (Kenner)
  • 1993 Barbie
  • Disney Dolls
  • See N Say (Mattel)
  • toys by Little Tykes/Rubbermaid
  • Playschool
  • Litle People Toys (Fischer Price)
  • Discovery Toys
  • many toys made by (The First Years, Shelcore, Safety First)
  • many toys are latex free.
  • Note: It is best to contact the manufacturer if you have any concerns.

    Mattel 1-800-524-8697	Discovery Toys 800-426-4777
    Fischer Price 800-432-5437	The 1st Years 800-533-6708
    Shelcore 800-777-0453	Hasbro/Playschool 800-752-9755
    Little Tykes 800-321-0183	Safety First 800-962-7233
    Grace 800-345-4109	Lego 800-422-5346
    Ohio Art 800-800-3141	Cosco 800-544-1108
    Parker Bros. 800-344-4050	Gerry 800-362-3200
    Milton Bradley 800-525-6411	Century Infant 800-837-4044
    Power Wheels 800-348-8751	Evenflo Product 800-233-BABY
    Tyco Industries 800-367-8926	Gerber 800-4 GERBER

    
    
    

• Truncheons used by police, batons used by some police:
  
  
• Underwear:
  
  
  • Descent Exposures 800-524-4949 website:www.decentexposures.com
  • 7th Generation 800-456-1177
  • Hanna Anderson 800-222-0544
  • Sara Prints
  • Alternative Resource Catalog 800-618-3129
    
    
• Upholstery foam rubber padding:
  • Synthetic foam
    
    
• Weather stripping
  
  
• Wheel chair cushions, tires
  • Jay
  • ROHO (800-850-7647)
  • cushions

Catalogues: products for daily living:

• The Alternative Resources Catalog (800-618-3129)
• ReliaCarExpress Catalog (800-556-3210)
• Cetra Latex Free Supplies (888-LATEX-NO)

References:

• A.L.E.R.T., Inc. Product Committee
• Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Asthma/Allergy Clinic
• Nursing Council, Spina Bifida Association of America
• New England Myelodysplasia Association
• Meerpol E., Leger R, Frost J, latex allergy in patients with myelodysplasia and in healthcare providers: a double jeopardy. J Urol Nurse 1993; 13:39-44
• Shapire E, Kelly KJ, Setlock MA, Suwalski KL, Meyers P. Complications of latex allergy. Dialogues in Pediatric Urology 1992 15 (3):1-8
• Young MA, Meyers M, McCullouch LD, Brown LJ. Latex Allergy: a guide for perioperative nurses. AORN Journal 1992; 56:488-502