13 plants that could kill you
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White snakeroot
White snakeroot contains the toxin tremetol, which can be poisonous if consumed directly or second-hand. When snakeroot is consumed by cattle, the animals' beef and milk become contaminated with the toxin, and ingesting those substances can lead to a condition called milk sickness. Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks, reportedly died after swallowing snakeroot-contaminated milk. Human disease is uncommon today because of current practices of animal husbandry and the pooling of milk from many producers, but milk sickness does still occur.
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I used to feed apples (+ seeds) to my pet rats, but never any of them died of that.
But, by all means, I am not suggesting to eat or touch any of these plants!! lol just to be clear.
I was also surprised when it said that apple seeds are poisonous, but then again, it says depending on your intake. I think if you only ate a couple of seeds even a couple times a week you'd be ok. But if you ate a lot in one sitting, maybe the amount of poison is a lot more harmful. Also, animals bodies and body parts are a lot smaller than ours, so it wouldn't be safe to feed them apple seeds because it's easier for them to get poisoned with smaller amounts.
I just was planning to create muy own garden in the backyard, but with this informations, it makes me sick to see if this information is true or scientific based. How can people who lives sorounded by them are not already died ??
My vet was concerned when I told her my dog ate all my apple cores including the pips.. She said they contained cyanide compounds and could accumulate in the body and were very toxic. I stopped feeding her them.
'Tiger Paw' a plant/flower found in India (Goa) etc is also poisonous
see a pic here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/262067315/
I would like to have had the scientific names of all the plants given.
I wonder how it is that I've been eating all my apple seeds for the past 10 years, along with the apple, or blended into smoothies, yet I'm ok.
If you eat them whole they probably pass through fine due to the seeds coating. But if you juice or use them in a smoothie the poison can build up over time.
stop the hating against apples....
some is interesting but it sounds fake in some respects. I mean come on Apples???
I enjoyed this article but I too am a little suspect of your apples claim...Oh also: Common Foxglove or Digitalis purpurea is extremely poisonous and much much more common in everyone's garden and as a wildflower than most of these- it's a cardiac glycoside. I know for a fact that if you ingest it in any way or the smoke from it (if you burn it accidentally and inhale or you are a complete idiot and actually smoke it) chances are very good your heart will stop.
But I still don't know how a Daffodil or a werewolf detection tool can kill me. Try to stick with the title of your article next time and explain how it corresponds to your selections.
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