<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body 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">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">info@maipc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:info@maipc.org">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">dwbealer@yahoo.com</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; RIGHT: auto" 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 style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Articles discourage burning or composting.<span style="RIGHT: auto; mso-spacerun: yes"> </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)<o:p style="RIGHT: auto"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 13px; RIGHT: auto" 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)<o:p style="RIGHT: auto"></o:p></span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 13px; RIGHT: auto" 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?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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