9 Poisonous Plants You Might Own

Plants can be beautiful, provide oxygen and improve your mental health, but some of your favorite houseplants might actually be super toxic. Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow, and learn about the potential dangers that might be hiding in your plants! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/JustOneThing/potentially-harmful-house-plants/story?id=8589505 https://aapcc.s3.amazonaws.com/pdfs/annual_reports/12_21_2017_2016_Annua.pdf https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/666830?redirect=true http://bjo.bmj.com/content/bjophthalmol/79/1/98.full.pdf https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants400/profiles/CD/Dieffenbachia https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3732/ajb.0800276 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/8031344.stm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21626407 http://www.jbc.org/content/261/2/505.abstract http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2013/cook_dani/facts.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089829/ https://monarchlab.org/biology-and-research/biology-and-natural-history/breeding-life-cycle/interactions-with-milkweed/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23674099 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005357/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109785804587?via%3Dihub https://www.poison.org/articles/2015-mar/azaleas-and-rhododendrons https://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/strange-history-hallucinogenic-mad-honey/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3404272/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/28967/how-poisonous-lily-valley http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/125/8/1053 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/biological-action-of-saponins-in-animal-systems-a-review/9FF0990F2A7AEFE5B990555A0D4A63B8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928447/ http://www.cbif.gc.ca/eng/species-bank/canadian-poisonous-plants-information-system/all-plants-common-name/hydrangea/?id=1370403267136 http://extoxnet.orst.edu/faqs/natural/cya.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10669009 https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/cyanide_tech.htm http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/seedplants/cycadophyta/cycads.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/cycasin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1620343?dopt=Abstract https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0027510772902060 https://www.britannica.com/science/alkylating-agent https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18490618 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/poinsetting-it-out/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/umbrella-assassin-clues-evidence/1552/ http://www.uvm.edu/safety/lab/biological-toxins https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3925711/ https://www.poison.org/articles/2015-dec/mistletoe https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005273698000248 http://jab.zsf.jcu.cz//1_3/patockastreda.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010113000664 http://www.cbif.gc.ca/eng/species-bank/canadian-poisonous-plants-information-system/all-plants-common-name/cyclamen/?id=1370403267099 https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/cyclamen-persicum/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928447/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/triterpenoid-saponin http://www.rachellaudan.com/2008/10/stuffed-cyclamen-and-bread-and-oil-mediterranean-island-links.html Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dieffenbachia_houseplant.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NarcissusPaperwhite01.jpg https://bit.ly/2tGnu1Y https://bit.ly/2Iucx96 https://bit.ly/2lDxyFs https://bit.ly/2lze6tp https://bit.ly/2N2lHgP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hydrangea-flower.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CycadKingSago.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mistleltoe_in_Lebanon.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cyclamen-Marth_04,_2007.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cyclamen_abchasicum.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poinsettia_varieties.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PoinsettiaVenation.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Euphorbia_rhizophora2_ies.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dieffenbachia_picta.jpg