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Re: Sweating

Subject: Re: Sweating
Author: Betsy Dunphy
Date: 5/7/2003 10:32 pm
Views: 8005
Status: Approved
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Hi Amy,

The short answer is - no it shouldn't. The urushiol oil bonds to the skin (I have really dry reading material that goes into gory detail if you'd like references) and is difficult to remove. Any urushiol oil that has not bonded is likely to have been washed away at this point I'm assuming. So there is nothing to spread - unless of course you didn't clean up any clothes, tools, etc. that came in contact with the plant and have urushiol oil on them. You could recontaminate yourself from those items.

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Sweating (Approved)Amy5/7/2003 9:31 pm
  Re: Sweating (Approved)Betsy Dunphy5/7/2003 10:32 pm