A toothed belt having a body with a length, laterally spaced sides, an inside and an outside, and defining a plurality of teeth spaced in a lengthwise direction on one of the inside and the outside of the body. The body is defined at least in part by a rubber composition made up of at least an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) and a diene rubber. A cloth layer is provided on the teeth on the one of the inside and the outside of the body. The cloth layer is treated with a resorcin-formalin-latex solution.