[PCA] NEWS: Poison ivy crops up in record levels

[Olivia Kwong]

For all of you that do field work and are allergic:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northnorthwest/ct-x-n-poison-ivy-0721-20100721,0,3346782.story

Poison ivy crops up in record levels
By Karen Ann Cullotta, Special to the Tribune
July 21, 2010

Bolstered by mild winters and heavy spring rains, the poison ivy creeping 
across the Chicago  landscape this summer is at bumper crop levels.

The abundance of poison ivy and other invasive plants proliferating in 
Illinois and across much of the nation this year is a symptom of a 
scenario more serious than an itchy red rash, experts say.

See the link above for the full article text.