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This
website is for people suffering from shoe allergies. It is the
result of my personal quest to find shoe manufacturers
that do not use para-tertiary butyl phenol formaldehyde resin (PTBP-FR) in their shoes, after I was diagnosed with an allergy to this glue in the summer of 2006.
This site currently includes information for people
who are allergic to PTBP-FR and potassium
dichromate (chrome). However, if you are allergic to
something else, please visit this page for
more information. |
USEFUL
PRODUCT! A user of this website alerted me to
the existence of the following product which may be useful for sufferers
of shoe allergies: Microair®
Barrier Socks by Alpretec. These are worn under regular socks
and prevent harmful substances from coming into contact with the skin on
your feet. These socks are sold in Europe, Australia and
Canada. For a list of distributors, please visit this
page.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! In
order to add more shoe manufacturers to the existing lists - and to
create new lists for people suffering from different types of shoe allergies
- I need your
help! If
you're willing to email a few shoe manufacturers to ask them whether a
particular allergen is used in their shoes, please let
me know.
SHOE
REVIEWS! If you buy a pair of shoes from a manufacturer listed on this
website,
please go to the 'email me' page to review it.
To read other people's reviews, look out for the 'Reviews' icon on the PTBP-FR
and potassium dichromate lists. The
purpose of these reviews is to help users of this website in their
shoe-buying decisions: knowing that several other shoe allergy
sufferers have bought shoes from a particular manufacturer and have not
reacted to them
(and vice versa!) is quite helpful when contemplating what shoes to buy.
SHOPPING
GUIDES! This website has worldwide
shopping guides for PTBP-FR-free and chrome-free
shoes. If you have located some PTBP-FR-free or chrome-free shoes
in your area, please share your shoe finds with other users of the
website; information can be added to the shopping guides by emailing
me.
Finally, please do make use of the message board
- to share your experiences
of coping with shoe allergies, to ask questions, to get advice, and so
on.