NICKELODIOUS:

Study: Euro getting under people's skin (Steven Komarow, 9/17/02, USA TODAY)

The euro has been blamed for all sorts of ills since its introduction this year, including inflation and the loss of national pride among Europeans. Now it's being blamed for, well, illness.

Swiss scientists say the two-tone 1- and 2-euro coins release high levels of nickel when they are exposed to human sweat. Nickel against the skin can cause eczema, irritation or other allergic reactions.

Maybe we were just the canaries in the coalmine, but the Judds have been sickened by the Euros for going on four centuries. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 17, 2002 1:37 PM