I knew it all along. Something I have had a suspicion about for some time has been confirmed. I was correct, vindicated.
People can develop extreme sensitivities to chemicals that they are routinely exposed to.
I thought so. I've heard apocryphal stories, but I had not found corroboration until now. Besides showing the IRS that I do use my CD-ROM thesaurus, I can now point to studies that show adults working with chemicals can suddenly develop debilitating allergic reactions to them. A nurse, less than a year on the job in an emergency room, noticed that her eyes itched and nose ran whenever she put on latex gloves. When exposed to a room full of people putting on gloves at the same time, she went into anaphylactic shock.