AMEN! Don't you dare burn the stuff! When I was at a summer camp on the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the landscapers were burning some weeds - and of course, poison ivy was among them. One other kid and I woke up the next morning looking like overcooked beets, faces and necks swollen, skin completely red. We were miserable... they carted us off to the emergency room, where a couple injections of what I would assume were steroids and antihistamines, and a two week regime of oral steroids were prescribed.
Burning poison ivy is a bad plan. Spray it with round up, dig it up and let it rot, throw it in a landfill... but for God's sake, don't burn it and throw that urushiol into the air. |
