Chemicals used in the rubber industry.

Hundreds of chemicals and mixtures illustrative of many structural and use categories are employed in the rubber industry. Global utilization of natural rubber and synthetic elastomers as well as rubber-processing chemicals are projected to increase in the foreseeable future. Primary focus is centered on the major rubber processing chemicals and elastomer monomers in regard to their utility, production trends, structural characteristics, nature of potential impurities, and toxicology (primarily carcinogenicity and genotoxicity). Additionally, areas of specific exposure concern and epidemiology in the rubber industry are considered.