Dear dr Oudhia,
It is interesting to note that Parthenium is a major
weed in Australia.
Do they report as many cases of Dermatitis as seen in
India? I do not recollect such reports.Is it a major
cause of dust allergy or asthma?
Regards,
Srinivas

--- Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@...> wrote:

> WEED SCIENCE A VICTIM OF THE 'COMMERCIALISATION AXE'
>
> Annual losses from parthenium weed now exceed $20
> million and an
> expensive campaign to eradicate siam weed is under
> way."
>
> http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/db/node/31445
>
>




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WEED SCIENCE A VICTIM OF THE 'COMMERCIALISATION AXE'

Annual losses from parthenium weed now exceed $20 million and an
expensive campaign to eradicate siam weed is under way."

http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/db/node/31445

Dear colleagues,

We have been invited to write a review article on Parthenium
dermatitis. Could the membe share the list of resources giving in depth
information on the botanical aspects of Parthenium hysterophorus.

Regards, Srinivas

Dear colleagues,

We have been invited to write a review article on Parthenium
dermatitis. Could the membe share the list of resources giving in depth
information on the botanical aspects of Parthenium hysterophorus.

Regards, Srinivas

Seed imports must be weed free

'The establishment of parthenium has been a farming and human health
disaster for this country', said Dr McFadyen. 'We simply can't afford
to go on allowing serious weeds into this country through seed
imports - or by any other route for that matter, accidental or
deliberate.'
http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/db/node/31151

What makes Bangaloreans sneeze

Priyanjana Dutta
CNN-IBN

Bangalore: Health problems due to pollution are on the rise and tech-
city Bangalore is topping the list with highest number of dust
allergy cases.


Many like Vasudharini, who have been living in Bangalore for years
now, are biting the dustâ€"literally.


As this 49-year-old gets ready for her morning walk, she knows
she'll have to take extra precautions against a city that is
becoming increasingly polluted.


"Initially, I wasn't getting this problem. But from the last 11
years, I'm suffering because of this dust allergy. Basically, it's
due to dust and I start coughing, sneezing and then ultimately I get
breathing problems," says Vasudharini Narayan, a resident of
Bangalore.


"When we shifted to Bangalore, pollution was not that much. Now, the
number of vehicles on the road has gone up and pollution has
aggravated the problem," she adds.


And it's not just older people who're being affected, four-year-old
Dhruvi has been fighting a dust allergy since she was two.


"When she was two and half, she started going to school. Because of
the dust on her way, and due to other kids in school, she used to
get cough and cold more often," says Sowmya Dayanand, a resident of
Bangalore.


A recent study conducted by the Batra health clinic across major
metros found that Bangalore had the highest concentration of
patients with dust allergies.


"The percentage of patients having dust allergy since last year has
risen by 33.58," says Branch Head at Dr Batra's Clinic, Dr Savita
Sasihithlu.


"Dust allergy can manifest itself as just sneezing or common allergy
which many patients can live with for some years but it's only when
it goes into wheezing or bronchitis, that's a potentially life
threatening position," she adds


There was a time when this weed â€" parthenium â€" was considered one of
the root causes of respiratory tract allergies and infections in
Bangalore.


But now, it's more vehicular pollution and large scale construction
activity that's making dust allergy a very common recurring health
disorder.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/what-makes-bangaloreans-sneeze-
wheeze/35653-3.html

From Enviroweeds mailing list

Guilty of eBay sale

A Seaford woman has been fined $400 for selling a state-prohibited
weed on
  internet auction site eBay.

  The 42-year-old woman pleaded guilty to selling a number of highly
  invasive water hyacinth plants on eBay in the Frankston
Magistrates' Court
  last week.

  An Edithvale man is also expected to face court later this month
after
  being charged with attempting to sell water hyacinths on eBay.

  The Department of Primary Industries was first alerted about the
sale of
  the weeds on eBay early last year by one of its volunteer Weed
Spotters.

  DPI officers have since seized about 160 water hyacinth plants in
  Victoria.

  By Paul Sellars
  The Weekly Times
  March 7, 2007
======================================

Dear Group Members,
      From Shri Prasoon Kumar Agrawal of Bhilai I got the scanned copy
of this news. I am trying to get more details. For this news cutting
please visit to this link

http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copyscan0001of5.jpg

News is in Hindi. It is good to see that young researchers are taking
interest in Parthenium management.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

Interesting stuff

Gunslinger's war on weeds
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/marlboroughexpress/3982842a10.html

Dear Dr Pankaj Oudhiya

Namaskar

Pl take reference of my earliar mail in which i just talked about to organse the seminar or conference at NOIDA. Now time is mature, UP Govt. has asked me to organise a conference onm Intelectual Property rights(IPR). We can add one seminar or session on these aspects of weed research in the name of Plant varieties saction etc. Pl suggest some top most resource person who can be requested to participate on IPR.Thanking U.

Dr Ashwani Kumar Goyal

Reader and Head Department of Botany

Govt. P.G.College, Sector 39, NOIDA-201 301 INDIA

0120-2413333

91-120-2500938(IGNOU)

Cell-09868862160

---

From: "Pankaj Oudhia" <pankajoudhia@gmail.com>
Reply-To: IPRNG@yahoogroups.co.in
To: IPRNG@yahoogroups.co.in
Subject: [IPRNG] Similar efforts are needed in India also
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:59:12 -0000

Dear Group Members,
Please visit this link to get information on interesting
competition named lord of the weeds, in Australia.

http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/for_schools/competition.html

Such efforts for obnoxious weeds like Parthenium are required in India
also. Please give your comments.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

---

Crave for a healthier lifestyle? Ask an expert

Dear Group Members,
      Please visit this link to get information on interesting
competition named lord of the weeds, in Australia.

http://www.weeds.crc.org.au/for_schools/competition.html

Such efforts for obnoxious weeds like Parthenium are required in India
also. Please give your comments.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

Dear Dr Oudhia

I would have appreciated if Dr Ghosh would have given his e mail address and
phohe numbers.

Sincerely

Dr Satya Pal singh


>From: "Pankaj Oudhia" <pankajoudhia@...>
>Reply-To: IPRNG@...
>To: IPRNG@...
>Subject: [IPRNG] About new member Dr Sanjay Ghosh
>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:13:08 -0000
>
>Dear Mr Oudhia,
>My brief introduction:
>
>Dr Sanjay Ghosh
>MD [Dermatology ]
>Medical Director, Institute of Allergic & Immunologic Skin
>Diseases,Kolkata, India
>Life Member & National Execeutive Committee Member, CODFI (Contact &
>Occupational Forum of India
>Working on Contact dermatitis for about last 20 years
>
>
>Rgd,
>Dr Sanjay Ghosh
>==================
>Welcome Dr. Sanjay.
>
>Pankaj Oudhia
>

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Dear Parthenites,
You may find the attached article interesting.
Regards,
Srinivas
The artcle has been accepted for publication in the
journal Contact Dermatitis.
Regards,
Srinivas



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Dear Parthenites,
You may find the attached article interesting.
Regards,
Srinivas

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Dear Mr Oudhia,
My brief introduction:

Dr Sanjay Ghosh
MD [Dermatology ]
Medical Director, Institute of Allergic & Immunologic Skin
Diseases,Kolkata, India
Life Member & National Execeutive Committee Member, CODFI (Contact &
Occupational Forum of India
Working on Contact dermatitis for about last 20 years


Rgd,
Dr Sanjay Ghosh
==================
Welcome Dr. Sanjay.

Pankaj Oudhia

Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus)
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/p-
hysterophorus.html

Regards
Pankaj Oudhia

Dear Group Members,
      This month many new members joined our group. I request them to
give their brief introduction.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

It's always open season on alien invasive plants
Volunteers target unnatural green amid winter drab in never-ending
battle to weed out species taking over the landscape
http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=3001

From "'ENVIROWEEDS'" list.

Department of Agriculture and Food
Government of Western Australia


Media Statement
3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, Western Australia 6151
Tel: (08) 9368 3333 Fax: (08) 9474 2018
www.agric.wa.gov.au

29 January 2007
NEW ALERT FOR WATER HYACINTH

The Department of Agriculture and Food has issued a new alert for
water
hyacinth, a declared plant in Western Australia and one of the
world's worst
water weeds.

Department spokesman Simon Merewether said reports had been received
that
water hyacinth was being sold at a weekend market in Perth.

"It is also still frequently found in garden ponds in the
metropolitan
Perth, and in country regions," he said.

"Water hyacinth looks an attractive plant, but it is an aquatic weed
that
presents a major threat to our environment and economy.

"It clogs waterways, reducing fish populations, harbouring
mosquitoes, and
causing great problems for communities by waterways. It must be
eradicated
for the good health of our rivers and other waterways.

"It is illegal to sell or keep water hyacinth in Western Australia,
and it
must not imported. Water hyacinth in a pond or aquarium must be
destroyed."

Mr Merewether said water hyacinth was a weed that could only survive
in
water.

"The plants can be destroyed by composting or by drying them out and
placing
securely in a plastic bag before disposing in a rubbish bin," he
said.

Suspect plants can be reported to the Pest and Disease Information
Service -
freecall 1800 084 881 or to the nearest Department office.

Photo caption
Department biosecurity officer Simon Merewether pictured with water
hyacinth
which is a declared plant in Western Australia and one of the
world's worst
water weeds.

Media contacts:
Simon Merewether, biosecurity spokesperson, 9780 6225

The weed seems to grow alnog road sides and besides railway tracks.My
guess is because of lack adequate drainage & disposal & decay of waste
the soil is more condusive to P hysterophorus.
Srinivas

From APWG list

Hi,

Dr. Lewis Ziska, USDA-ARS Beltsville MD is interested in finding out
if
there's been research on how roads and road construction create
microclimate conditions that favor invasive species. If so, he'd
like
to
hear from you as soon as possible. He's developing a research
proposal
related to this topic.

Please see his message below for more information and reply directly
to
him
at: lziska@... or call him at 301-504-6639.

Thank you,

Jil
============
Dear Group Members,
    Please help this researcher if you have any information on this
aspect. If I am not wrong Australian researchers have done work on
this aspect with special reference to Parthenium.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

Thanks for this information. Are you aware of any Ayurveda medicine
useful for the patients suffering from Parthenium allergies? As you
know I am engaged in documentation of traditional medicinal
knowledge about herbs and insects in Chhattisgarh. Based on my
recent experience I prepared this article.

Fighting with Parthenium allergy through indigenous knowledge.
http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=earticleView&earticleId=923&page=-2

I feel that there is need to develop 'Integrated Therapy for
Parthenium Allergy' (ITPA) having good points of all available
therapies.

Please give your comments.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

--- In IPRNG@..., chakravarthi srinivas
<srini_cr_1955@...> wrote:
>
> Azathioprine is often used in treating parthenium
> induced dermatitis.We were the first to report its
> efficasy way back in 1992 in British Journal of
> dermatology.
> Subseqiently Dr Pasricha et al from AIIMS reported its
> efficasy and so did Dr VK Sharma from PGI Chandigarh.
> Dr Kaushal Verma associate of Dr Pasricha from AIIMS
> reported its effectiveness as pulse therapy.The
> recommendation was iffective in one patient but
> susequent patients either did not find it as effective
> as regular dosing or could not tolerate the pulse
> dosage.More work needs to be done along this line.
> Azthioprine is a drug that brings most often partial
> but occasionally relief among cases of Parthenium
> dermatitis.
> It is slow to act and is to be monitored carefully as
> it may suppress the bone marrow.
> Regards,
> Srinivas
>
>
>
>
>  --- Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@...> wrote:
>
> > Dear Group Members,
> >
> > Please take look at this news added in year 2000 at
> > IPRNG.ORG
> >
> > Indian Scientists Discover A New Drug For Allergy
> > Caused By Parthenium
> > http://www.iprng.org/IPRNG-parthenium_newsD.htm
> >
> > After more than six years of its discovery, I am
> > eager to know the
> > progress in this regard. Is it in routine
> > recommendation in India?
> >
> > regards
> > Pankaj Oudhia
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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ooops. Really sorry for this. After getting her joining request I
searched *Dr. H.R. Jerajani* in net and used the link without
knowing more about her.

regards
Pankaj Oudhia

--- In IPRNG@..., chakravarthi srinivas
<srini_cr_1955@...> wrote:
>
> Her not him.
> Regards,
> Srinivas
> --- Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@...> wrote:
>
> > Dear Group Members,
> >       The professor and Head of the Department of
> > Dermatology at LTM
> > Genenral Hospital, Sion, Mumbai Dr. H.R. Jerajani
> > has joined our
> > group. You can get details about him from
> > http://www.ltmmc.org/dermatology_hrjerajani.htm
> >
> > Welcome Dr. H.R. Jerajani.
> >
> > regards
> > Pankaj Oudhia
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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Azathioprine is often used in treating parthenium
induced dermatitis.We were the first to report its
efficasy way back in 1992 in British Journal of
dermatology.
Subseqiently Dr Pasricha et al from AIIMS reported its
efficasy and so did Dr VK Sharma from PGI Chandigarh.
Dr Kaushal Verma associate of Dr Pasricha from AIIMS
reported its effectiveness as pulse therapy.The
recommendation was iffective in one patient but
susequent patients either did not find it as effective
as regular dosing or could not tolerate the pulse
dosage.More work needs to be done along this line.
Azthioprine is a drug that brings most often partial
but occasionally relief among cases of Parthenium
dermatitis.
It is slow to act and is to be monitored carefully as
it may suppress the bone marrow.
Regards,
Srinivas




  --- Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@...> wrote:

> Dear Group Members,
>
> Please take look at this news added in year 2000 at
> IPRNG.ORG
>
> Indian Scientists Discover A New Drug For Allergy
> Caused By Parthenium
> http://www.iprng.org/IPRNG-parthenium_newsD.htm
>
> After more than six years of its discovery, I am
> eager to know the
> progress in this regard. Is it in routine
> recommendation in India?
>
> regards
> Pankaj Oudhia
>
>




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Her not him.
Regards,
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--- Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoudhia@...> wrote:

> Dear Group Members,
>       The professor and Head of the Department of
> Dermatology at LTM
> Genenral Hospital, Sion, Mumbai Dr. H.R. Jerajani
> has joined our
> group. You can get details about him from
> http://www.ltmmc.org/dermatology_hrjerajani.htm
>
> Welcome Dr. H.R. Jerajani.
>
> regards
> Pankaj Oudhia
>
>




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