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Mobile phones causing allergic skin disorder

The British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) has warned doctors to be alert to a new allergic skin disorder caused by mobile phones. A new phenomenon called “mobile phone dermatitis” has been discovered, according to the Association, in which people who spend long periods of time on their mobile phone develop an allergic reaction to the phone’s nickel surface.

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