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A retired scientist explains the trick to never getting a poison ivy rash again
But as retired biomedical scientist Jim Brauker explains in the video above, if you understand the science of how the plant works, it's actually possible to get poison ivy all over you, and not get a rash.
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Oh! Worth knowing. No surprise, those trouble spots he describes, either: between the fingers, back of the forearms, behind the ears. Or the importance of washcloths, which seem to've gone out of style in recent generations. Although I do wonder if he uses only the one washcloth for an entire decontamination, and what he uses to wash it with, or whether he throws it away instead.