ANST - Warning for Chainmail crafters

[Joel Schumacher]

> "Clarence & Lynn Bell" <lynnb at wtrt.net> wrote:
> A warning just came out in the Orchid jewelers list about the dangers
> of working with galvanized metals, in particular, galvanized steel wire.
> It seems that the zinc used to galvanize the wire is easily absorbed
> through the pores of the skin as it dissolves form the acids in
> perspiration.

What kind of length of exposure is required to develop symptoms?

Is it a risk to fighters who wear galvanized maille during several hours
of fighting?

-Karl von Augsburg
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Joel Schumacher                        JCPenney Co. - UNIX Network Systems
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