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Are potato eyes poisonous?

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It's probably happened to you: you're rummaging through the corner of your pantry when you come across a sack of potatoes with a few pointy sprouty things sticking out every which way. You vaguely remember hearing something about the sprouts being poisonous. Or was that an old wives' tale? read more

Potentially, they could be. When a potato or part of a potato plant is growing or undergoing photosynthesis, the green parts of the plant are producing a neurotoxin called solanine. read more

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