<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">p.s. you can get poison ivy in the dead of winter. I've done it two Januaries in a row. I'm a slow learner.<div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Sep 3, 2013, at 5:22 PM, David Merkey wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div dir="ltr">Mr. Bealer, <div>(1) Yes, the oils can remain active even if the plants are old and dead. Under NO circumstances should the plants (dried or alive) be burned, the oils can become airborne and breathed in with the smoke, causing the rash in the lungs.</div>
<div>(2) It depends on where they were discarded and whether or not they and the soil were moist. It is possible that they might re-root. </div><div>(3) Depending on the situation you are in, the amount of PI you have on site, and the time line you are working with, you might also consider fencing in the area and letting goats eat the PI. They are immune to the toxin. You could also get a dumpster service and place the PI directly in there so that workers would only have to handle it once. Also, again depending on how much you have; sleeve-length rubber gloves might be necessary to protect workers. Lastly, rubbing alcohol dissolves the oil so have plenty of that on hand. Workers will have 15 minutes from the time of contact to clean up with rubbing alcohol to help avoid the rash; all tools should be wiped down at the end of the day. Again, depending of the size of the vines you're working with; if you just have a few big ones, cutting them with hand tools and painting the stump with a brush kill will kill the root so you don't have to dig it up.</div>
<div>Good luck, </div><div>David Merkey</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 5:05 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:meginnv@yahoo.com" target="_blank">meginnv@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Any thoughts for Mr. Bealer?<br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><b>From:</b> Dennis Bealer <<a href="mailto:dwbealer@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dwbealer@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 3, 2013, 3:35:10 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:info@maipc.org" target="_blank">info@maipc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:info@maipc.org" target="_blank">info@maipc.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Poison ivy management</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Dennis Bealer <<a href="mailto:dwbealer@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dwbealer@yahoo.com</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:10pt">After 2 hours of web research, it seems that the best way to dispose of poison ivy is to place it in plastic garbage bags and send to a landfill.<span> </span>Articles discourage burning or composting.<span> </span></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:10pt">(1)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:10pt">If we uproot the plants and discard on the surface to dry out, would we endanger other workers who might contact the dead plants in subsequent weeks on the jobsite (since some web articles state that urushiol persists even in dead plants)?</span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:10pt">(2)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-style:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:10pt">If we uproot the plants and discard on the surface, do you suspect that the discarded plants would re-root, especially considering the approaching autumn leaf fall?</span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:10pt">Do you agree the best disposal is plastic bags in the landfill?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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