Euphorbia in the "news"

[John Nelson]

WED 16 Mar 225pm

Friends:

        Students of the genus Euphorbia (and others) may want to read an
article that shows up in a recent medical journal:

     Eke, T. S. Al-Husainy, and M. K. Raynor. 2000. The spectrum        of
ocular inflammation caused by Euphorbia sap. Archives   of Opthalmology
118:13-16.

        Yikes. As if the sap weren't bad enough on your skin. The lesson to be
learned is that anybody messing with these plants should wear protective
eye-wear--- but I think that won't help, if you take your goggles off
and THEN rub your eyes with your sappy hands. So don't be a sap. Wash
your hands very well before taking off the goggles. (Same advice applies
to activities involving Capsicum.)

        later JOHN
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John B. Nelson
A. C. Moore Herbarium
Department of Biological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208

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