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Re: Possible contaminated items

Subject: Re: Possible contaminated items
Author: Kyle DeHart
Date: 10/4/2006 3:53 pm
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Status: Approved
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From the research I've done on poison ivy, the urushiol oil will stay with the particular item it touched for up to a year. This means that if your dropped a shovel and the handle fell into a patch of poison ivy you could contract poison ivy just from touching that handle six months from the incident. It is wise to wash off any of your items that have come in contact with poison ivy.

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Possible contaminated items (Approved)Scott8/31/2006 7:59 pm
  Re: Possible contaminated item (Approved)BRIAN9/1/2006 3:04 pm
  Re: Possible contaminated item (Approved)Kyle DeHart10/4/2006 3:53 pm