GOOD: Making rubber in a chemistry class.
AWESOME: Getting to touch it and bounce it afterwards.
BAD: Forgetting you have a latex allergy and what said rubber is made from. #LFMF
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latex allergy……what other pretend afflictions will you Americans dream up?
I have a latex allergy. I assure you that the massive, instant, violently red rash is not “pretend”.
One has to be American to have a Latex allergy? What planet are you living on to have never heard of this? Pretty much everyone in my family has at least a sensitivity to latex, and has for at least four generations. Hardly a new, trendy, issue.
Because anything you personally haven’t heard of is made up? I smell a troll.
I’m Australian idiot.
Everyone, please ignore patso. He/She is always griping and complaining about LFMF, and calling “FAKE!” or “NOT YOUR FAIL” or “AMERICANS ARE STOOPID” every time someone posts something. You’d think they’d have something more constructive to do with their time, such as making their own version of the site where they can enforce their rigid criteria with an iron fist, but they’d rather just sit around and cry.
Psst – your ignorance is showing! latex allergies are not pretend. It’s actually one of the more dangerous allergies; many people go into anaphylactic shock from it – it’s right up there with shellfish and peanuts. Nationality has nothing to do with it – I have Russian and British friends who have nearly died from latex exposure. Kindly pull your head out of your arse, I fear the fumes may be getting to you.
the question here is if you are MAKING rubber in science class there shouldnt be any real rubber in it and thus your reaction is from something else not the rubber.
Fair question, but if you have a latex allergy you will react to natural and synthetic latices.
You also have to chemically process natural rubber.
So why isn’t mm in here making comments about ‘shouldn’t be using latex anyways?’
I also have the allergy–found out while working with chemicals. Rash all the way up the arms. That being said, it is pretty cool when you are stirring the chemicals and they suddenly solidify.
Latex around for hundreds of years and suddenly everyone becomes allergic in the 21st century.
Same goes for peanuts, shellfish, eggs, and a number of other things – allergies of all kinds are becoming more common as hygiene and sanitation become better, giving our immune systems less work to do.
Not just from better hygiene and sanitation. That’s a major factor, but in my opinion it’s more because of the declining quality of our food supply – the most affordable foods are among the least nutritious, regrettably few people know what is actually nutritious – our immune systems aren’t working properly in the first place.
There’s a variety of digestive disorders that exacerbate this. Low stomach acid allows some undigested proteins to pass through the stomach. Certain imbalances of gut flora can sometimes cause allergy-like reactions to some foods, usually grains or sugary junk foods. And I’ve heard of dogs developing allergies to collagen (!!!!!) after receiving certain vaccines.
I suspect this is often the case. The infant mortality rate is so low now it skews the numbers when we compare them. I know if I had been born 100 years earlier, I wouldn’t be alive to complain about a latex allergy or a nut sensitivity. My sister wouldn’t have made it to three and my brother not past 8. Also the simple fact is we communicate on a whole other level than we did even 20 years ago, we just hear about everything so much more.
am i the only person who read the first part wrong and wondered why his teacher would let him make a condom?
Heh. Major fail on the *teacher* for not asking about relevant allergies beforehand…