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Thank you to everyone that responded!  I appreciate all of your wonderful
suggestions and I will try them all.

Heather

use Elmer's glue often with no reaction.  By the way if it is not Elmer's
causing your problem, if you add corn starch to it you get a tacky glue that
works wonderfully when you are gluing things heavier then paper.

Several people asked about this, which could be the problem.
Are you sensitive to perfumes and other chemicals?  I am and this sounds
to me like a reaction to some chemical(s) outgassing from the glues.
Exposure to some chemicals, like propylene glycol, will send me to the
bathroom and make me lightheaded.

Altho
Elmer's glue is pretty benign, as glues go.  Kids eat it and are OK.

Maybe you could call the manufacturers and ask some questions.
Let the list know what you learn.

I think Elmer's Glue is made by Elmer's Products.

If so, please email their sales department and ask:

I think Elmer's Glue is made by Elmer's Products.

If so, please email their sales department and ask:
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One person asked if I was eating MSG... No I am not.

This response made a lot of sense to me and is probably the problem.
I know I react if I type on a keyboard where gluten-touching hands have
typed.  I taught school for 14 years (had to quit because I had basically
lost all bowell control---the doctors called that "stress") and have been
thinking about subbing (I think brain fog is causing that, would anybody in
her right mind want to substitute?), now that I have a diagnosis and am doing
better, but I know I would get sick doing lunch duty and just touching the
desks and pencils the gluten-eating students have handled.


This much I knew, and I was wondering if it seeps through skin and that is
what is making me sick.

Glue is full of gluten  -that is why some of us have horrible reactions
to licking stamps, envelopes, touching "sticky" tapes.

I wan't aware that antibacterial soaps contain gluten... uh oh... and I did
the same thing with paper mache.

I am a teacher too. I have read in the past that elmer's glue does have
gluten, but can't quote the source.I have always treated it as having it. I
was also cautious of the antibacterial liquid soaps (brought my own GF one to
use). I'll never forget using  paper mache with the students with gloves!!!
Hope you have a great year!

This post made a lot of sense as well.  It really could be in anything.
I retired May 24 with only 28 years school teaching credit. I was using
Elmer's glue to glue envelopes and have recently wondered if it is the
culprit that continues to bother me. I felt there were several thins at
school that made all my symptoms worse!

The yellow dye in the yellow chalk for one. I used white chalk. I also have
an ordor problem and the fume from the old kind of dry erase markers made me
foggy brained. Of cource take your lunch. Watch the hand washing soap. If
you want more of my ideas let me know. God bless you. I have put my name on
the sub list and hope to pin down some more of the culprits. Hope to keep in
touch with you to share info

This was the only person that said it was probably not the glue
unless you are ingesting the glue, it's going to be something else.


I helped my son with a school project last spring that involved Elmer's glue.
I stuck my fingers in the glue to shape it for the glitter. Not thinking
about it until well into the project I. Then remembered that glue contained
Gluten. I immediately washed my hands and prayed the skin did not absorb the
gluten. I felt the symptoms with in 2 hours. Woke up nauseous and drained.
I went to work anyway, and everyone knew I had gotten into something by just
looking at me. I was pale with dark circles under my eyes. When I explained
what happened they were all very sympathetic. There is so much we have to
remember and at time caught off guard, then realize later what we have done.


My suggestion is, if you must deal with glue, would be wear latex gloves
perhaps a mask to avoid inhaling the glue. I


iI hope I don't have to quit before I get started
Hello from New Zealand.

Yes, Heather my son reacts like you to glue, correcting fluid,
petrol. paint, you name it,,,,,,,,,,,,he reacts to it.

He was kindy teaching and had to give it up.

It seemed that any strong-smelling chemical is no good for him.
Swimming in the baths is definitely a no-no.

I would be willing to bet it is made from wheat paste........always made me
sick.

Glue, paste, envelop glue, paper products sometimes have gluten in them
to hold them together.  I hope this helps.

you would have to list everything you eat. i mean everything. some of us can
not eat what is supposedly gf due to contaminated production lines.
seriously! anything on the kraft list makes me seriously ill. same thing for
my daughter. we have had no choice but to go to non processed meals.
entirely whole foods. of course i do order some mixes from miss robens, but
we rarely eat baked goods at all. you could be ultra sensitive or something
had more contamination on it than normal. it is very possible. i know i am
not the only one on this list who has had no choice but to go to whole
foods. stinks, but.. do whatyou have to do. good luck with finding your
problem if it is gluten related and not an environmental allergy etc. so
many things it could be these days!


It could just be a "bug", you know that can hit anyone!

Sometimes I think we are too quick to blame gluten.

I was wondering if it could be a blend of coffee that has wheat in it, if
you have that in the lunch room. I use white glue with no problems.

This listmate had some great suggestions!!

Put plants in your room to gobble up toxins...helps a lot...could be magic
markers, carpeting, particle board.cleaning products,,..perfumes, shampoo,,,
crayons(put the crayon bins on the shelf under the plants),my son is allergic
to chalk..anything...don't get stuck on looking for gluten...it could be
something entirely different...an environmental toxin that you can't
tolerate...if you have an outside door, keep it open or at least cracked so
the air will be drawn out of the room....move the children who are closest to
you most of the time...maybe they have something toxic on them or in their
desk...make sure all garbage is emptied every day.  I just spent a week
helping my son get his classroom ready for next week.  I took all the plastic
stuff and  anything washable home over the summer and ran it all through the
dishwasher...he had to change classrooms this year so it was a good
opportunity to discard a lot of junk and clean everything up....it is so
difficult to keep classrooms clean and the janitors seldom do their job
properly. Be sure to do the plant thing..it really makes a difference.

he mother of a celiac child told me all crayola products are GF so that's
what she bought for kaitlyn. She has not checked on Elmer's.