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You may remember a thread from last January where I posted
about getting a bad rash on the way to work. If you don't,
here's the source from Google: tinyurl.com3x2fvOpen ↗

Here's more on this topic, since I've had on-going
problems with this, including today:

1. I only get this rash when it is wet enough to permeate
the lower parts of my tights and socks.
2. Recent snow or not, it doesn't matter -- I got this
rash today in May, just like I did in January.
3. Not cold related -- today it was probably in the
upper 50s.
4. I only get this rash when I ride the section between
the Mercer Island P/R and where the trail ends at
Hiawatha. In other words, I don't get the rash if I
load the bike on Mercer Island and unload at the
Rainier/freeway stop. The irritant must either be from
something from the Mercer Island lid park, the bridge,
or the Seattle park. I am particularly sensitive to
weed & feed type pesticides, so this is high on my
suspect list.
5. Mercer Island Parks and Recs denies use of these sorts
of pesticides, so either the City is mistaken, or
perhaps it is from the Seattle park, if indeed the
pesticide is the source of the problem.

It's probably not the "feed" part of that (fertilizers tend
not to be very allergenic), but might be an insecticide used
to control the bugs. My wife gets hives when her skin comes
into contact with many common insecticides.

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David Kerber said:

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<[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

You may remember a thread from last January where I posted
about getting a bad rash on the way to work. If you don't,
here's the source from Google: tinyurl.com3x2fvOpen ↗

Here's more on this topic, since I've had on-going
problems with this, including today:

1. I only get this rash when it is wet enough to permeate
the lower parts of my tights and socks.
2. Recent snow or not, it doesn't matter -- I got this
rash today in May, just like I did in January.
3. Not cold related -- today it was probably in the
upper 50s.
4. I only get this rash when I ride the section between
the Mercer Island P/R and where the trail ends at
Hiawatha. In other words, I don't get the rash if I
load the bike on Mercer Island and unload at the
Rainier/freeway stop. The irritant must either be from
something from the Mercer Island lid park, the bridge,
or the Seattle park. I am particularly sensitive to
weed & feed type pesticides, so this is high on my
suspect list.
5. Mercer Island Parks and Recs denies use of these sorts
of pesticides, so either the City is mistaken, or
perhaps it is from the Seattle park, if indeed the
pesticide is the source of the problem.

It's probably not the "feed" part of that (fertilizers tend
not to be very allergenic), but might be an insecticide
used to control the bugs. My wife gets hives when her skin
comes into contact with many common insecticides.

How bout that? Insecticides are poisons. Designed to kill
living things. Claire do you ride part way on a railway
right of way? RR's tend to poison weeds heavily, country or
urban. Our overuse of pesticides and herbicides is
distressing. Bernie