[Jewelry making - Article 00020] - Re: [Orchid] Allergy to Nickel Silver

[Deewo]

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    Coincidentally, today's Johns Hopkins Health Letter  on the Web
    has an article on nickel allergy, which is said to be "the
    leading cause of allergy in America"...and once  you have a
    nickel allergy, it lasts for life. The article, from Reuters
    Health, states that people already afflicted with eczema,hay
    fever or asthma  are at increased risk for nickel allergy.The
    article also notes that the rise in prevalence of nickel
    allergies coincides with the current body-piercing craze.  It
    quotes Dr. David Cohen ,Assistant Professor of Dermatology at
    New York University School of Medicine :"......surgical-grade
    stainless steel and titanium probably represent safer
    materials." So, if that bauble bestowed on you by your beloved
    causes your body to break out in blisters,  chances are  that it
    has a high nickel content! ...............D. 

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