FoodsMatter | Latex allergy

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Latex allergy

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Root canal fillings. What you should worry about if you have a latex sensitivity. Helpful blog from What Allergy? March 2013

Latex allergy and the bungs in vials of medicine. Latex can be found in the bungs in vials of injectable medicines such as dental local anaesthetics. This article provides a list of local anaesthetic preparations used in dentistry in the UK which are latex free. September 2012

Review of latex-free condoms on Yahoo lifestyle – November 2012

Op-Ed on latex allergies – enlightening blog by latex-allergy sufferer on the pervasiveness of latex and the problems of living withthe allergy. October 2011 10/11

Calls for a ban on latex gloves in the US
April 2011

Latex and poinsettias – a dangerous connection? Dr Kevin Kelly, Professor of Pediatrics/Medicine and Chief of Allergy & Immunology at the Medical College of Wisconsin warns of a family connection. December 2009

Latex allergy: a look into the growing incidence of latex allergy and how it affects sufferers – Sarah Merson 2007

Safe sex for allergic people: charting a way through the hazards lying in wait for allergic people trying to practice safe sex – Sarah Merson 2007

First Published 2007

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