Like the Romans used to drink from lead cups. Something like that.
(it appears that the moderator is removing any replies with which he disagrees. It might be a piefed issue. But all the removed replies are top level and upopular. Stranger coincidences have happened I suppose.)
Yes, the reason is that tiny transistors in microelectronics get damaged or burn out from the static shock. Last time I checked, I was not a transistor.