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Ipods cause allergies
IF POLLEN GETS YOUR eyes streaming and nose dripping, or if your skin is so sensitive that the merest contact with a forbidden food group or insect turns you into a festering red, raw, itchy, flaky mess, then you had better reconsider your love for gadgets; because according to a new report, they could be major allergy triggers too.
A doctor of cardiothoracic surgery at Stony Brook University, New York, Todd Resengart, has spoken out about “tech allergies”, a relatively new phenomenon brought on by the widespread use of modern technology.
We all know about the studies that incessantly warn us about the dangers of mobile phones and various wireless technologies, that purportedly fry our brains and frazzle our insides, exposing us to radiation and microwaves. But now, scientists are also beginning to see that not only do they turn our insides into mush, they’re not great for our skin either. People with electromagnetic sensitivities apparently develop nasty skin rashes, tiredness and headaches if exposed to cellular phones for too long.
As for those who are already enthusiastic collectors of allergies, mobile phones just make matters worse, acting as triggers, increasing sensitivity to allergens and making the whole sorry snot fest even more disgusting to witness.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, nickel, used to make cell phone casings and batteries, is one of the main causes of skin allergies, and makes users much more susceptible to things like allergic contact dermatitis. The same, sadly, goes for Ipods, which, like cheaper mobiles, contain the same itch inducing, anodizing chemicals and metals. µ
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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!