Show Safety Sense TIPS TO HELP PROTECT YOUR UR HEALTH PRETTY POISON 4 M i r Mr ra t L c a I It may be hard to believe but there are are many plants that grow in a peaceful meadow along a quiet river or in your own backyard that thai can be labeled as poison poison poi poi- son just as one labels a bottle bollie of ammonia or a container con container tamer of furniture polish Included in the more than species of plants in the United States Slates and Canada that are known to cause death or Illness are some of natures nature's most delicate delicate del del- creations the oleander bush the lily of the valley and the rhododendron Each year an estimated children ingest these plants and others like them A Seattle study revealed that 10 percent of child poisoning cases observed were of youngsters who had eaten ealen toxic plants and that in six of these cases the childrens children's childrens childrens children's chil chil- drens dren's parents had no idea the plants were dangerous As a public service CIBA CIBA- Corporation has published a booklet entitled Plants That Poison which lists plants dangerous to in gest gestA A leading US U.S. chemical company CIBA creales creates creates cre cre- ates ales and manufactures a wide variety of products that make life healthier and more pleasant including Pharmaceuticals agricultural al products dyestuffs pigments pig pig- pigments men ments Is plastics and additives s sand and consumer products In fn your garden for Cor example exam exam- pie even the foliage of of potatoes and tomatoes contain contain contain con con- tain alkaloid poisons that can can when swallowed create nervous disorder and stomach upset Most dangerous danger danger- ous of all plants in the vegetable vege vege- table garden is rhubarb Its Us stalk commonly used in baking and cooking is not nol toxic but bul the leaf blade containing oxalic acid which crystallizes in the kidneys causes severe damage if a number of leaves are eaten ealen It II is essential that children children children chil chil- dren and adults understand the dangers involved in ingesting plants which are not cultivated specifically for eating ealing or or only certain parts of which are s safe fe feto to eat If you would like to obtain obtain ob ob- tain the booklet Plants That Poison write to CIBA- CIBA Corporation o c do Corporate Corporale Relations Dept Ardsley N NY |