No, Poinsettias are not actually poisonous. This myth was started when a soldier returned from Hawaii where he was stationed, and his child was found dead. The child was killed from being poisoned. The soldier thought that the child had eaten a poinsettia leaf, but was actually wrong. If a child that weighed around 60 pounds at a poinsettia leaf he, or she, would have to eat about 600 leaves. So if your child eats a poinsettia leaf, don't call poison control, they are not poisonous. -John Baskin
Information from http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/poinsettia.asp
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