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Monday, March 2, 2009

Mobile phone dermatitis

According to Reuters, The British Association of Dermatologists is warning of a rash occurring on people’s ears or cheeks caused by an allergic reaction from the nickel surface commonly found on mobile devices’ exteriors. There is also a theory it could even occur on the fingers if someone spends a lot of time text messaging on metal menu buttons. Earlier this year Lionel Bercovitch of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues tested 22 popular handsets from eight different manufacturers and found nickel on 10 of the devices.[7]

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