Epoxy resins are usually pretty toxic when uncured too.
replyYou can also grow up exploring the woods in an area with a lot of poison oak like me and it just does not react on your skin.
replyA dermatologist friend told me there are people who react to poison ivy, and people who do not yet react to poison ivy. He explained to the effect that repeated exposure tends to sensitize people. Poison ivy/oak/etc. has no effect on them, then one day it does.
replyI grew up playing in woods thick with the stuff and never had a problem. Then I had a hell of a reaction to it in high school, and it’s been cruel to me since then.
This article in the WSJ was by an author who decided to induce immunity to poison oak by exposure: eating it. It's... quite the journey, evidently, but possible:
replyhttps://www.wsj.com/style/eat-poison-ivy-oak-immunity-3207ec...
Do you work in marketing? Because I read your comment and I extracted nothing of value. Lacquer will change how I see the world? B please.
replyCongratulations, you’ve encountered someone with passion. It lives in people all over the world, but Japanese craft has a particular gift for making it visible in every detail, every material, and every decision pushed to its absolute perfection. Toyotas quality, Grand Seikos polish and accuracy and Jiros sushi just to mention a few of the exported ones.
replyThat’s a bit uncharitable. It made perfect sense to me. I also learned something about Japanese lacquer.
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