UK : W : Bristol's Chinese community warned not to eat daffodils

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March 2, 2012 at 3:56 pm #1052522
General Lighting
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Strange – there are Chinese folk (and daffodils) all across the UK yet this only seems to be a problem in Bristol…

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Bristol’s Chinese community is being warned not to eat daffodils after several people were treated in hospital for the symptoms of poisoning.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said the 10 people who had eaten daffodil stalks and leaves were treated in hospital for severe vomiting.

An HPA statement said they may have mistaken the green parts of the flower for a chive used in Chinese cooking.

All affected patients have since recovered.

BBC News – Daffodil poisoning warning to Bristol Chinese community
March 2, 2012 at 4:13 pm #1251337
Gylfi Gudbjornsson
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oh my
March 2, 2012 at 6:05 pm #1251338
Gylfi Gudbjornsson
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I wondered why my front garden was looking so bare lol
March 2, 2012 at 11:28 pm #1251335
DaftFader
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someones dinner party got ruined by a dodgy salad by the looks of it, surely ten separate people couldn’t of all decided to munch on some daffodils :laugh_at:
March 3, 2012 at 5:45 am #1251339
Moonie
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Also, I would have thought that the kind of person who will pick wild chives for their cooking probably knows the difference between them and daffs…
March 3, 2012 at 4:06 pm #1251336
DaftFader
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@Moonie 470774 wrote:

Also, I would have thought that the kind of person who will pick wild chives for their cooking probably knows the difference between them and daffs…

are you suggesting foul play? :laugh_at:

the Russians spike peoples drinks with polonium and the Chinese use poisonous dandelions xD
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