[aroid-l] Dieffenbachia and skin rash

From: "Derek Burch" <derek at horticulturist.com> on 2004.06.01 at 01:29:29(11541) I have had a question about the possibility of a 2-year old child getting a skin rash that has lasted three weeks from walking barefoot over carpet on which a large dieffenbachia plant in a pot had sat for some years. The carpet was steam cleaned a few weeks before the rash began (I leap to the defense of the plant and blame the cleaner!) I can't imagine enough sap dropping to the carpet and surviving steam cleaning so as to present raphides to the child ... Any comments, please. derek

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