Mobile phones linked to skin rashes

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by LotusFlower | October 19, 2008 at 02:30 am
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Mobile phones are now linked to skin rashes as well as possibly brain tumours, migraines and several other illnesses.

The nickel in them is causing skin allergies as we increasingly use mobile phones rather than telephone booths to phone home or wherever.

Mobile phone users could develop rashes on their faces and ears due to an allergic reaction to nickel on handsets, skin experts have warned.

Nickel allergies are the most common in the UK and are thought to affect a third of the population. It is often found in the handset casing or buttons.

The British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) and scientists at Brown University, Rhode Island, said the trend is being seen in people who spend long periods of time on the phone. It warned that women who reacted to nickel in jewellery were at a higher risk of a rash from their phones.

It also said people who spent a lot of time texting could develop the rash on their fingers as a result of touching the metal menu buttons.

Source: computeractive.co.uk

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Ann Smarty
Ann Smarty
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at 06:12 on October 19th, 2008

Interesting... I wonder what about laptop? I guess my sitting the whole days, typing and reading also develops some kind of a rush :)

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LotusFlower
LotusFlower

at 08:43 on October 19th, 2008

well a 'rush' would be better than a 'rash' :-)

rpshen
rpshen
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at 14:33 on October 20th, 2008

LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff. Yikes!

Jarrett Martineau
Jarrett Martineau
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at 15:36 on October 20th, 2008

LotusFlower, scary stuff. Maybe it's time to go back to land lines?

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