Credit: Melissa Pasanen
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Sharp Increase in Reported Poisonings From Ramp Look-Alike

Reported cases of serious illness due to people mistaking highly poisonous false hellebore (Veratrum viride) for a prized wild edible, ramps (Allium tricoccum), have more than doubled in Vermont over last year’s number: to 22 so far, according to Dr. Karen Simone, director of the Northern New England Poison Center. “It makes you wonder: Are people […]

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