Midnight Mike
2008-04-26, 11:22 AM
Carpenter develops wood allergy
24 April 2008 11:14 UK
Dan Hill worked as an investment banker for nearly eight years.
A banker quit his £80,000 a year job to live his dream of being a carpenter - only to discover he has developed an allergy to wood.
Swansea-based Dan Hill, 32, swapped his City career at an investment bank in London for a perfect country life-style making exclusive wooden furniture.
But just weeks into his new vocation, Mr Hill was covered in a red, itchy rash and his eyes were streaming.
Doctors said he was suffering a rare allergy to dust from the wood shavings.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wale ... 364354.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/7364354.stm)
24 April 2008 11:14 UK
Dan Hill worked as an investment banker for nearly eight years.
A banker quit his £80,000 a year job to live his dream of being a carpenter - only to discover he has developed an allergy to wood.
Swansea-based Dan Hill, 32, swapped his City career at an investment bank in London for a perfect country life-style making exclusive wooden furniture.
But just weeks into his new vocation, Mr Hill was covered in a red, itchy rash and his eyes were streaming.
Doctors said he was suffering a rare allergy to dust from the wood shavings.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wale ... 364354.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/7364354.stm)