"The #Cashew tree is a close relative to #PoisonIvy, #PoisonOak, and #PoisonSumac. Like its cousins, it excretes a nasty rash-inducing oil called #Urushiol. The shells have to be carefully steamed open to extract the edible urushiol-free nut inside." - Amy Stewart, The Drunken Botanist
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#cashew #poisonivy #poisonoak #poisonsumac #urushiol
#dioxine #tcdd #insecticide #novichock #thallium #ricine #urushiol #polonium