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Re: Relief for Poison Oak

Subject: Re: Relief for Poison Oak
Author: Betsy D.
Date: 8/12/2003 11:40 am
Views: 6733
Status: Approved
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Hello "iamcanadian" -

My husband's canadian too (just had to throw that in :-)). I can't believe I missed answering this one. Thanks for the tips - I hadn't heard about hand sanitizer but makes sense to me due to the antibacterial and astringent properties.

Now for burning that bush - DON'T if you think there is any remnants of the poison ivy plant. Even the roots contain urushiol oil and airborne urushiol oil is far worse than the touched or weedwhacked kind as you can inhale it. You should consider using a brush-killer like Brush-B-Gon. You want something that will kill the roots otherwise it will return like a bad b-flick horror movie.

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Relief for Poison Oak (Approved)iamcanadian8/6/2003 3:39 pm
  Re: Relief for Poison Oak (Approved)me again...8/11/2003 1:39 pm
  Re: Relief for Poison OakBetsy D.8/12/2003 11:40 am