Thanks to all of you for your input about the allergy problem. I'm going to be looking into a lot of those responses. Thanks again P. Lance Mayes Mfg. Trainer "Creswick, Steven" <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 03/01/04 02:11 AM Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum."; Please respond to "Creswick, Steven" To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: Re: [TN] Allergies to ESD Wriststraps 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. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------