UV Ink Allergy Anyone?

Over the last 2 weeks, I took the print heads off a couple of UV ink printers. Cleaned them out, and reinstalled them. I had to get a little creative with the fumes from the cleaning chemicals, but no bid deal.

So, last Wednesday I went to the courthouse. Sat there for about 2 hours. Towards the end of hour 2, I noticed I had a splotch of HP ColorSpan Magenta ink on my elbow. No big deal, washed most of it off later that day.

Thursday, where that ink was, looks like I got into some poison ivy. Some swelling, itchy... But, here is the deal, it is Sunday, and it still looks like it did Thursday... No infection, just swollen and itches like crazy.

Anybody dealt with UV ink and skin exposure? Odd, the Cyan, Black, and Yellow did not bother me a bit.

Just probing the mind of the collective here. :-D

 

U.V. ink and coatings are usually quite toxic and carcinogenic. Be careful wen handling that stuff and if skin or eye contact occurs remove ink contact throughly.
There is some discussion about it on this Forum:-

http://printplanet.com/forums/ink-substrates-consumables-discussion/21142-allergic-reactions-uv

U.V. Coating handling guide:-

http://www.nicoat.com/intranet2/pdf/7963LDmsds16.pdf