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Decorative plants, fatal beauties.

A siesta in the shade of a bush, a child’s inappropriate curiosity… Contact with decorative plants can leave a bitter memory. Those containing furocoumarins are photosensitizing and therefore toxic when exposed to UV rays. “There are many of them aromatic plants (parsley, common fennel, fennel, angelica, etc.) and fruit trees: figs, lemon trees… It is enough to cause sometimes intense skin burns with redness, pain and blisters in exposed areas a few hours after contact. one of these plants and in the sunpay attention to Dr: Sandra Sinno-Tellier (Anses).

It can also be a loading error. Euphorbia cannot be handled without gloves and without glasses, because if the juice is sprayed into the eyes (if the leaf or stem is cut), the irritation can reach the corneal ulcer (keratitis). ). Datura plants cause dilated pupils (mydriasis)…

Source: Le Figaro

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