Klarinet Archive - Posting 000697.txt from 1997/07

From: Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip <nyip@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Poison ivy rash
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 02:20:20 -0400

On Sun, 20 Jul 1997, Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
Do you mean chlorine as used for pools or chlorox, what you use for
clothes washing? I assume chlorox. However they both burn, be careful!

Nick nyip@-----.edu