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TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Traded a pipe for a watch in 6th grade, I was allergic to nickel and he broke the pipe the first day he had it. Tragic really.

[โ€“] Nanomerce@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

how cool was that pipe that it was worth a watch??