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Lance,

As an FYI - I just happened to come across this in a recent magazine article.

Steve Creswick - Gentex Corp




Nickel still a top cause of Contact Dematitis

New research by British dermatologists on occupational contact dermatitis suggests that nickel remains a top cause of workplace skin problems.

The data for the study was from two occupational disease surveillance programs, high-
lighting cases of occupational contact dermatitis linked to nickel exposure, reported from
February 1993 to January 1999. 

It was found that up to 12 percent of total estimated cases of occupational contact
dermatitis were thought to be due in part to nickel.

Results suggest that nickel hypersensitivity is one of several contributors to occupational contact dermatitis in people with multiple occupational exposures.  Coin handling may also be a source of occupational contact dermatitis to nickel.

The highest incidence rates were seen in hairdressers, bar staff, chefs and cooks, retail
cash and checkout operators and catering assistants.  Other affected jobs were electronic assemblers, nurses, sales assistants, and general assemblers.  In hairdressers, nurses, cooks and beauticians, nickel was usually considered, if rele-
vant, to be only one of several causes of dermatitis.

                            Feb 2004 Industrial Safety & Hygiene News (www.ishn.com)





-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Popielarski [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:22 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] Allergies to ESD Wriststraps


Lance,

If your operator is allergic to nickel, how about having it gold plated for
her? There are several suppliers of equipment that selectively plates gold
for card edge fingers. Perhaps your pcb supplier can help you out as well.
Be sure to clean the solution off thoroughly, though... it contains several
nasties, including (but not limited to) cyanide!

Regards,

Ed Popielarski
QTA Machine
27291 Jardines
Mission Viejo, Ca. 92692

Phone:949-581-6601
Fax: 949-581-2448

WWW.QTA.NET

"All that is good is not embodied in the law;
and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law.
A well-disciplined society needs few laws;
but it needs strong mores."
William F. Buckley Jr.

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