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  • From: "K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Evil plants
  • Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:20:21 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Serena Fenton wrote:
->Remember that the eaten leaf has to come out somewhere. Guess what
->happens to the poor person who injested the poison ivy!

So, the leaf never gets digested? Or, stomach acids aren't strong enough
to break down the oils?

->There is probably not enough Preparation H at your local drugstore to
->care for the problem, even if your pharmacist were to give you 40 refills.

That's me after make-you-cry mussaman curry.

But the guy who wrote that article seemed to be, well, pretty happy and
didn't mention any kind of ass-trauma. So it is also an urban legend that
there are special "firefighters" (mostly of Native American descent) who
are "immune" to poison ivy in burned form?

Cheers
KJ





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