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To: Ron who wrote (832)	6/26/2007 9:50:35 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 48970

Well, that's very interesting about the plant size increasing and also the oils becoming more potent. I've been hiking in the woods for many years, and I can't believe how big the poison ivy is now compared to what I remember as a kid. Along some of the trails that I regularly hike, the poison ivy is reaching mammoth proportions - and there is a lot of it -- all over the place in woods where I never saw it before. Also, it does seem to be more potent. For most of my life, I've been somewhat immune to it. I could usually brush past it, or wade a bit into it and have no problems so long as I washed up well when I got home. Not anymore. I've had numerous rashes on my ankles and wrists the past couple of years and I've actually been making a conscious effort to avoid contact with the plants. Guess I wasn't just imagining some of these differences. ~croc