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One myth of the Christmas season is about the poinsettia—the Christmas plant. The myth is that it is poisonous.
Bilt like other myths, it is not true. Poinsettias do not appear to be poisonous, said Paul L. Smeal, Virginia Tech Extension horticulturist. That doesn’t mean anyone should eat the plants, he said. “But based on many studies, the poinsettia appears unlikely to induce systemic toxicity,” the specialist said. He reported a study by researchers at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa., one of the latest in a series of studies on plant toxicity. The researchers said, “The inadvertent mishandling of the poinsettia plant does not appear to present a danger at the levels of eye and buccal cavity.” The buccal cavity is
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