Beware of the soft plastics in your ipod, especially the earphone strings! I had a serious case of the hives after using my iPod for a while. I used it extensively listening to audio books at night and after a week my neck was covered in a red hive-like rash.

I threw away the strings (and replaced with standard store bought ones), took anti-histamines and cortison cream and my neck cleared up.

I think Apple should investigate the toxins used during manufacturing.

Me Realdoll gave me chronic hurticariar, the STI heebeejeebees;
Maybe I give it a try when it's not wrapped in a plastic bag. I shudder to think how a fancy Tokyo $200,000 computer-controlled pneumatic servo system that moves like an asthmatic ninja-turtle might affect me immune system. My heart goes out to all the allergic Sybian friends out there. You know who you are.

Then all these people who live in the US have suffered for years I guess, given that the US 5 cent piece (known as a 'nickle') is 25% nickel. Are there any known cases of people who develop allergies to working in places where you handle and make change all day like toll booths and parking ramps? No? Well I guess these guys are just full of it, like the all the other claims for oddball allergies.

I'd believe an allergy to the plastic parts a lot of modern electronics are composed of one hell of a lot more quickly than I'll believe an allergy to nickel or that allergies are somehow activated by RF!