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Chemically Transformed by Laundry Bleach

William P. Jordan, Jr., MD; Manuel C. Bourlas, MS

Arch Dermatol. 1975;111(5):593-595.

Abstract
Six subjects, allergic to the elastic in their undergarments, were patch test-negative to the rubber components and new elastic from the suppliers. However, washing the rubber with sodium hypochlorite gave the subjects allergic responses due to the effect of bleach on the rubber accelerator, zinc dibenzyldithiocarbamate (ZDC). To identify the allergen, ZDC was reacted with the sodium hypochlorite, and the resultant gum was extracted with diethyl ether. Eight compounds were identified in the reaction mixture by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The individual components were tested on volunteers after sensitization to the reaction mixture was produced in 14 of 25 volunteers. One component, N,N-dibenzylcarbamyl chloride produced an allergic response in each sensitized volunteer.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 22, 1974.

Reprint requests to Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23298 (Dr. Jordan).

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