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- Subject: Natural Plant Products and Health Hazards
- From: David Kendra <dkendra@mr.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 20:31:57 -0600
- Newsgroups: alt.agriculture.misc, alt.sci.agriculture, alt.sustainable.agriculture
- Organization: Novartis Seeds, Inc.
- Reply-To: dkendra@mr.net
- Xref: news.together.net alt.agriculture.misc:4654 alt.sustainable.agriculture:3132
Several folks who publish to this newsgroup have implied that natural plant products are not as environmentally damaging as man-made chemicals. There is a large volume of research and field observations that suggest otherwise. Below is just a small snippet of whats available. II. Outbreak_of_Phototoxic_Dermatitis_from_Limes_-_Maryland On August 8, 1984, the Office of Disease Control and Epidemiology, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, was notified by a nurse at a day camp in Owings Mills, Maryland, of a rash illness reported among 12 children during the previous week. The rash, confined to the dorsa of the hands and extensor and flexor surfaces of the forearms and in the form of blotches, speckles, and streaks, was macular, hyperpigmented, and nonpruritic. No other signs or symptoms were noted. Dermatologists diagnosed the rash as a phototoxic contact dermatitis. Investigation disclosed that limes used in an art class to make pomander balls were incriminated as the cause of the rash. Reference source: http://ace.orst.edu/cgi-bin/mfs/01/newsletters/n53_85.nws?126#mfs Best regards, Dave Kendra
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