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Cell Phones Also Annoy Your Skin

'Mobile phone dermatitis' could explain mysterious facial rashes

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 16, 2008 2:32 PM CDT

(Newser) – Cell phones won’t melt your brain, but they do cause “mobile phone dermatitis,” Reuters reports. A British dermatological organization is cautioning doctors to consider allergy-causing nickel found on many phones in cases of “a rash on the cheek or ear that... Read full story »

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