NAGANO, Apr 26 (News On Japan) –
A lady in her 70s skilled extreme meals poisoning earlier this week after mistaking daffodils for garlic chives in Ueda City, Nagano, frying them up with eggs, resulting in signs corresponding to cramps and vomiting.
This is not an remoted case. Despite their visible similarities, garlic chives and daffodils have a vital distinction: one is edible, and the opposite is poisonous. Kasahara Mie of the Nagano City Health Office explains that even for professionals, distinguishing them based mostly solely on look might be difficult. However, she notes that the scent is a dependable indicator, as garlic chives have a particular odor that daffodils lack.
In the previous decade, there have been 237 reported circumstances of poisoning from daffodils throughout Japan, leading to one fatality. The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare has suggested towards cultivating greens and decorative crops collectively in residence gardens to forestall such mix-ups.