CHROME ALLERGY

If allergic to chrome there may be many sources of chrome which may allow your skin problems to continue. It is often found in cheap nickel- or cobalt-containing metals.

At home, you should avoid:

• most shiny metallic-containing objects (stainless steel is not dangerous)
• some detergents
• yellow paint
• shoe polish
• artificial flowers
• bleach
• wood ash
• fly paper

Avoid the following personal items:

• chrome-tanned leather (e.g. gloves, shoes, hat bands, wallets, purses, handbags)
• matches
• green baize (i.e. snooker tables)
• green pigment in tattoos
• chrome-cobalt dentures

At work, avoid:

• cement
• plaster (set concrete is not dangerous)
• oil and cooling system additives
• cutting (suds) oils
• engraving solutions
• laundry bleaches
• anti-corrosive paint (yellow and rd for rust protection)
• mordant in dyeing textiles, woods, and furs
• cleansers for laboratory glassware