I like for my students to use rubber cement in the classroom. The school distict made us quit using it since it is toxic. I read somewhere that there is a new product that is like rubber cement, just nontoxic.
Elmers rubber cement is toxic! Read Elmers Read Elmers material safety data sheet on internet.
Great question, and a considerate thought. Thank you for feeling so. Please take no offense at my response. I really have no experience lately, but recall my kids using glue sticks to achieve results in certain projects. Perhaps the more important question might be... WHAT are the needs for CONTACT or Rubber Cement?, and being that it's school, and projects are often so immediate,,, (not discounting some of us keep our kids stuff forever) Certainly the alternatives might be multiple? In fact... As a lifelong Student and Teacher I suggest that exploring the alternatives, might be part of the project,,,even leading into awareness (in a GREEN sense) related to substances that ARE toxic, and the WHY of why we shouldn't use them. Seems valid to me, even for extra credit?? Oddly enough, most school systems haven't made that choice strictly on their own. The EPA/FDA/ etc. have contributed. MSDS sheets are available from any manufacturer of the chemical makeup of any substance, and perhaps they too can be explored. I'm not at all suggesting you become Don Quixote though. Also the USE of or more... the ABUSE of, substances in school age youth, aren't strictly initiated with intent. The youth of today however, do have a greater sense of what substances might affect what situation or SENSE within their own bodies. I want to believe you're not old enough to recall school paste, and the fact that some students ingested it. Your major goal in this seems to me, to be one, of obtaining a list of APPROVED materials and substances,,, or at the very least; investigating those, on your own, as a CARING teacher, and perhaps submitting the list/ your list, to the school administration. IF for no other reason than to compare. Steven Wolf
I think the question asked if there was a nontoxic product out there now. Funny how some people even go as far as signing their name to try and show how intelligent they are. Must have taken half the night to type that response above. Anyway, the Elmer's rubber cement is nontoxic...to actually answer your question. For those of you wondering, rubber cement is excellent because it does not wrinkle, saturate, bubble, ripple or discolor the paper like glue.
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