Poisonous weed
Recently on 'Burke's Backyard' Don explained the dangers of fireweed, a pretty yet poisonous yellow flowering weed that is often found in paddocks and pastures. This plant is poisonous to both horses and donkeys, and other livestock can also ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Companion planting
The idea that some plants exert a beneficial effect on others growing nearby and other plants exert a malign influence is an ancient one. Many plants do defend themselves against insects by being poisonous to them or developing a strong scent ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Fungi poisoning
Fungi can be poisonous, although other types are edible. Poisonous fungi or mushrooms can cause hallucinations, illness and death. No home test can distinguish between edible and poisonous varieties of wild fungi. The only way to tell whether a ... [... more]
Better Health |
Drug overdose
An overdose occurs when an excessive amount of a drug or poison is taken, leading to a toxic (poisonous) effect on the body. Many overdoses do not cause permanent harm but some can damage organs such as the liver and kidneys. Always call an ... [... more]
Better Health |
Flying insects bites and stings
There are many biting insects around, especially in summer. While you can do some things to help avoid being bitten, bites often happen and you need to be prepared. Most insect bites and stings are not poisonous, but the bites of some flying ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
National Poisons Information Centre
Dangerous things are swallowed every day by children, usually when they are at home. Most of the children who swallow poisonous things are under the age of three, when they are too young to know what is safe and what is dangerous. In Australia ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Day 5 - Andong Soju Museum
Andong soju became popular amoung the upper class from the Silla Dynasty Period. The use of soju spread as it came to be used for medicinal purposes as a cure for stomachaches, poisonous insect bits and other ills. The raw material used in making ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Bindi, Jungle Girl: Burmese pythons
Bindi tells you all about her upcoming birthday party and one of her favourite snakes at Australia Zoo - the Burmese python. No, Jonah, Burmese pythons aren't poisonous. They have no venom. They coil themselves around their prey and constrict ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Solanum seaforthianum
This thornless native to Brazil, Solanum Seaforthianum is a lovely evergreen climber for warm conditions. Flowers from spring into summer. Light blue flowers (2cm) with yellow stamens. Clusters are followed by somewhat poisonous red ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Common thornapple (Datura stramonium)
All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans with some early records of child deaths after eating the seeds. Some people may develop headache, nausea or dermatitis from close contact with the plant. Toxicity to stock is variable. Horses and ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Ministry Suspends Grape Imports After Black Widow Find
The Ministry of Agriculture has suspended grape shipments from a warehouse in California after a poisonous black widow spider was discovered in a storage warehouse in Feilding last week. WELLINGTON 27/8/2001 - The Ministry of Agriculture has ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
A portfolio of illustrations
A portfolio of illustrations of some plants known to be poisonous in S.E. Australia The list below leads to thumbnails of a series of illustrations of poisonous plants from S.E. Australia, drawn as part of a Poison Plant Project undertaken in ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
