• Household plants are one of the leading causes of unintentional poisonings in children under age 6.
• Poisonous plants have substances that may cause a mild stomachache, serious illness, or even death.
• Ask a specialist to identify your indoor and outdoor plants. Call the Poison Unit to find out if they are poisonous.
• Keep those poisonous wild plants around your home away from the children and get rid of them, if applicable.
• The leaves of any plant may cause the airway obstruction in young children. So, all plants MUST be kept out of reach, regardless of whether they are toxic or not.
• Put a label on each plant with the common and botanical name.
• Keep all poisonous plants, bulbs, seeds, and plant foods where children cannot reach them.
• Teach children not to put leaves, stems, bark, berries, seeds, or nuts from any plant into their mouths.
• Do not think a plant is not poisonous because an animal eats it.
• Do not rely on cooking to destroy poisons in plants.
• Make sure not to choose poisonous plants in preparing your herbal tea.