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Q J Med 2003; 96: 691-692
© 2003 Association of Physicians

Biologic

Decus et Tutamen

Colin Berry

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It is a truism to say that most of our interaction with the environment depend on surface contacts of one kind or another. The nature of many of the interactions of any individual with his or her environment depend on the skin, and thus we come to a critical argument against adopting the Euro.

The amount of nickel is regulated in products that come into prolonged or repeated contact with the skin, because of the contact allergies produced. One- and two-euro coins induce positive skin-test reactions in sensitive individuals, and remarkably, release 240–320 times more nickel than is allowed in the European Union . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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