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Cake decorations such as luster dust often add sparkle or color to sweet confections. While some cake decorating products are edible, others may contain heavy metals that can cause poisonous effects when swallowed.
Easter Lily is the common name for Lilium longiflorum. This fragrant seasonal plant is extremely poisonous for cats. Eating small amounts of any part of this plant can cause dangerous symptoms and lead to death from kidney failure.
When a product is labeled "natural" or "organic," that does not mean it is safer or not poisonous. In fact, quite the opposite can be true. Some of the deadliest poisons are "natural", like opium, strychnine, and digitalis. Even arsenic occurs "naturally" in the environment. Don't be fooled by the implied wholesomeness!
To a child, wild berries look good enough to eat. Only some of them are. Others are poisonous. Some are not actually poisonous but can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
A number of holiday decorations and treats can be hazards to a pet's health. Batteries can cause internal burns, water from tree stands and left-over food can contain bacteria, and decorations and plants can be choking hazards. Also, human medicines may be more easily in reach.
Foxglove grows throughout the United States. It grows in the wild and is often cultivated for its beauty in private gardens. All parts of the plant are poisonous, possibly even deadly, if swallowed.
Serious poisoning is unlikely when small pieces of azalea or rhododendron are swallowed. But swallowing large amounts of any part of the plant or honey made from these flowering plants can cause life-threatening symptoms.
A poison is defined as a substance that can cause harm to the body when consumed or inhaled. Poisons affect the human body in complicated ways.
Just because something is "natural", it isn't necessarily safe to casually eat or use. Originally, all remedies came from nature. Yew is an example of a plant with medicinal value that can be poisonous if eaten.
Aconitum napellus flowers look beautiful, but swallowing any part of the plant could be deadly.
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