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royal mail

just had my post delivered,on 1 of the envelopes is a mark that must of been wet when i picked it up because its all over my leg and it's burning.my leg is all red and sore.

Phoned royal mail and they said nothing they can do, bloody !!!!!! what if it had been my dd that picked it up.


Shall i take it to my local sorting office to see if they know anything about it?

Comments

  • mrposhman
    mrposhman Posts: 749 Forumite
    what was the mark? What colour?
  • vicvic_3
    vicvic_3 Posts: 255 Forumite
    it i a gold/yellow colour and it smells like rusty metal.

    my leg has a little rash now and it's stained my hand
  • mrposhman
    mrposhman Posts: 749 Forumite
    Its unlikely this has come from the postie as the only chemicals used at delivery offices should be cleaning chemicals which are used by cleaners NOT by posties.

    I would suspect that this hasn't come off the Royal Mail production line as they have to abide by health and safety guidelines and if this material has caused a rash then it may be some sort of chemical.

    Without knowing what it is, its hard to pass the blame on to anyone.

    Its hardly likely that a postie is going to deliberately taint your mail with some sort of chemical.
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    i doubt you will get far with this
    the postie handles mail with their bare hands so are unlikely to have anything toxic on them
    it may have leaked from a packet(you would be surprised what people post) however thats hardly within the posties control tbh
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