Mysterious Skin Allergy Affects French Armchair Buyers
Even sitting down in a chair can potentially cause an allergy as buyers of armchairs made in China found out.
Agence-France Press is reporting that the Chinese manufacturer of the affected armchairs has seen numerous complaints directed toward a retailer, Conforama, in France where consumers bought the chairs. Buyers are complaining that they are having a possible skin allergy which manifests itself as a bad case of eczema (also known as “dermatitis” according to Wikipedia).
According to the French paper, Le Parisien, about a dozen people have been hospitalized thus far, there have been 400 customers seeking damages and 800 people want a refund.
The culprit may be an anti-mold substance that was packaged by Link Wise, the Chinese chairmaker, with the chairs to protect them from the wet, monsoon season in China. Some people may have skin allergies as a result of the presece of this substance.
September 17, 2008 – 10:23 am
