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17-04-2007, 11:22 AM posted to rec.gardens
Cheryl Isaak
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Poison ivy question.
On 4/16/07 10:42 PM, in article
, "Kay
Lancaster" wrote:
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:29:05 -0500, perrylep wrote:
When is poison ivy not considered "dead"..iow...if you spray poison ivy with
a weed/brush killer and the foliage is all brown and dead, is the irritant
in poison ivy still a problem?
The irritating compound in PI, urishiol, is chemically quite stable.
Volunteers exposed to 50-100 year old herbarium specimens developed
the characteristic
rash.
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0802.htm
Kay
I'm itchy just thinking about it.
C
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