As the sayings go – 
Where the Devil spits..Poison Ivy grows..

ASA American Skin Association, annually reports that there are in excess of 50 million people, whom unwittingly are exposed to poison ivy every year while out of doors, only to fall victim, by succumbing and making contact with poison ivy’s Urushiol (the plant’s resin),  which is the infamous oil held responsible for causing the debilitating skin rash that erupts and results in needless painful human suffering and application of medicine for itch relief.

The plant’s oils are known to cause incessant itching, redness, oozing, burning blisters from making previous physical contact with any of the plant’s parts. The rash itself lasts upwards of two weeks or longer, and has no cure. If skin contact with the plant is made, immediately wash exposed body parts with lots of cold running water and strong detergent soap.

All clothing worn or equipment or tools in use by you at time of exposure exist contaminated and MUST be decontaminated using a solvent as alcohol. Due to climate change, poison ivy sap has become more virulent. Similarly the plants range has
expanded northwards into northern areas once held as too frigid for poison ivy to thrive in.

THE RASH FROM HELL This skin rash from hell is how poison ivy is now being described, is known to cause and result in greater human physical pain suffering and disfigurement, along with emotional and physical scarring its victims that seemingly lasts forever…
accompanies those so infected. Plus not to mention, there are the economic costs of financial burdens being imposed upon
those individuals previously infected, is all due to poison ivy’s victims lost time away from work (wages) or school, and the ensuing sleepless nights caused by the incessant itching that deprives you of a good night’s sleep.

There are the expensive hospital ER costs for those seeking immediate emergency medical care for ITCH RELIEF, plus the cost of meds to help alleviate the itching, as there IS NO CURE.

Remember – Poison Ivy Rash IS AVOIDABLE.

Poison Ivy and its cousins;
Poison Oak and Poison Sumac

Are  North America’s MOST dangerous plants alive!
It adversely affects 85% of North American
population

Poison ivy is ubiquitous, it survives and grows in the harshest of extreme environmental conditions that are known to mankind.

Poison Ivy is known to survive living on windswept mountain tops, searing heat, or frigid cold, sand dunes that are exposed to saltwater flooding tides, it can withstand floods and droughts. it is known to survive within a deep forested shade or bright sunlight.

The vines are capable of climbing tree trunks upwards of 200 ft heights measured from the ground up. All poison ivy vines vary in diameter thickness. They exist from skinny spaghetti size diameters upwards of 12 inches girth resembling that of rusty hairy rope.

Urushiol is a toxic resin (is not an oil). However once dried upon any finished surface it persists remaining active for as long as 7 years. Once the leather is contaminated by Urushiol, it is next to impossible to decontaminate leather goods, for safety sake discard them.

It Is said that had Urushiol been entombed in the great pyramids of Egypt, the resin would still remain active today; Urushiol is a clear odorless liquid that once dried, oxidizes and turns black and is extremely hard to remove.

A (1) one ounce shot glass full of Urushiol, once aerosolized, is enough Urushiol to expose and infect as many as 50,000 people with debilitating poison ivy rash. Envision the equivalent of a Shea baseball stadium on a sold out night, represents how many people easily are poisoned and made sick by poison ivy. Once Urushiol gets on to your skin, the exposed individual has but 15 minutes at the very most to wash away and disinfect exposed body parts from the plant’s toxic oil, After that, poison ivy oil quickly dries and bonds to human skin proteins making its future removal difficult and rash is likely to appear.

Never eat or burn poison ivy!! It may be the last thing you do as your imminent death next may follow. Pic of marshmellow on stick in fire Annually these plants each pose themselves as a serious human health threat to 85% of the human population (370,746,402 x .85 =315,134,442 people at risk) This means that out of door workers constantly are at risk of exposure to poison ivy contagion and infection, i.e., miners, landscapers, forestry workers, farm and ranch hands, cable line men, parks and golf course personnel, marinas to name but a few trades. Plus how about all the campers, hikers, hunters, gardeners, bikers horseback trail riders all at risk of exposure.

Poison Ivy rash IS Avoidable While there is no cure or vaccine for poison ivy rash, proper plant IDentification is your guaranteed key to success at avoiding both this plant and its rash from hell. All one needs do to safely guarantee their own future success is to learn quickly how to properly IDentify poison ivy plants. Poison Ivy Avoidance ensures not making contact. In closing NPIAM hopes to bring about greater public awareness to the health risks and perils of making contact with poison ivy plants that live just about everywhere.

We are just ‘itching’ to educate you about Poison Ivy