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To: decimon

WARNING!

Mango is a cousin to poison ivy. The pulp is ok but there is a substance in the peel or right beneath the peel that can cause some to break out. Of course, anything in the peel is likely to get onto the pulp so you’re taking your chances if you are allergic.


8 posted on 01/11/2010 11:35:13 AM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: bgill

“Mango is a cousin to poison ivy”

Am I fortunate that I have never been near a mango. I spent a whole summer swollen up with Poison Ivy and the Bethesda Maryland Hospital had to give me a series of shots that they said I could never be given again in my life (I was 13 at the time) if I was exposed again. This was in VA. I have lived in the West since then and never go anywhere near parks and woods unless on well defined trails.


11 posted on 01/11/2010 11:42:05 AM PST by acoulterfan
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