METHOD OF AND ITEMS FOR REDUCING LATEX EXPOSURE

摘要

Methods of reducing exposure to latex comprise forming an item comprising a biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer comprising two randomly repeating monomer units. The first randomly repeating monomer unit has the structure (i) wherein R<1> is H, or C1-2 alkyl, and n is 1 or 2; andthe second randomly repeating monomer unit has the structure (ii) wherein R<2> is a C3-19 alkyl or C3-19 alkenyl. At least 50 % of the randomly repeating monomer units have the structure of the first randomly repeating monomer unit.