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Smoke from poison oak sends Eugene wildland firefighter to hospital

2013-08-14 22:24:41| Apparel - Topix.net

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Smoke from burning poison oak caused an allergic reaction in a Eugene firefighter battling the Douglas Complex fires early Tuesday, sending him to the hospital.

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Climate change is making poison ivy grow bigger and badder

2013-07-22 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Poison ivy's shiny green leaves are gourmet cuisine for deer, bear and other animals. Birds like its white berries and spread the seeds by unmentionable means. But the leaves, berries and vine are the bane of humankind and primates. In the hours after the lacquer-like oil, urushiol, gets transferred at the slightest contact, mad scratching begins. Enough urushiol to fit on the head of a pin can cause misery for 500 people. Even a billionth of a gram of urushiol on the skin is said to cause agony....

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Pick Your Poison: Which Chemical Companies Should You Buy?

2013-07-17 09:58:58| Chemicals - Topix.net

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Slug poison found in one in eight of England's drinking water sources

2013-07-10 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Slug poison was found in one in eight rivers and reservoirs used for drinking water in England and Wales according to the Environment Agency's (EA) most recent survey, prompting environmentalists to call for greater use of natural predators instead of chemicals. The EA told the Guardian that between 2009 and 2011 concentrations of metaldehyde, used by farmers to protect their crops from slugs, were found in 81 of 647 reservoirs, rivers and groundwater from which drinking water is sourced. The...

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