Poison Ivy-Leaves of Three, Let it Be!

 Protect yourself from poison ivy and other poisonous plants!  Do you know what poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac looks like?  Do you know how it is spread?  Did you know that the oil can last 1-5 years  on  contaminated objects?  These plants have a protective oil (urushiol) on them that cause the allergic reaction on your skin.  The rash and resulting blisters do not spread from person to person because they do not contain the oil found on the plant.
Learn how to identify these plants and how to protect yourself by reading more.  Attached are two videos, one describes how the body reacts to the oil, one video teaches how to properly wash the oil off of skin and objects.





http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2010-118/pdfs/2010-118.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8artgA0ODgw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyoDRHpQK0

Yankee Magazine had an article in their May/June issue titled "Ask the Expert, How to Get Rid of Poison Ivy."  You can learn more by going to the website www.poisonivyremovalcompany.com.