Klarinet Archive - Posting 000632.txt from 1997/07

From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Poison ivy rash
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 19:45:56 -0400

On Sun, 20 Jul 1997 deerich@-----.net wrote:

> I pass this suggestion on from my husband. I am not sure if I believe
> it or not but here goes.
>
> He says that when he was a kid and he got poison ivy, his mother would
> put one cup of chlorine bleach in a full bathtub of water and have him
> bathe in that. He says it worked but it sounds risky to me.
>
> Dee
> deerich@-----.net
>
I work at a pool and I found out that chlorine bleach can burn. One cup
in a pool would not hurt, because it is so big, but one cup in the
bathtub might be different.

Nick