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January 27, 2023

Pretty but toxic: Watch toddlers around these houseplants

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Associated Press

When visiting friends or family who have both houseplants and young children, I've been compared to “Aunt Bonnie” from the Geico commercial “Aunt Infestation.”

In it, a young couple who just moved into a new home complains of having pests — not ants but overbearing “aunts.” Like the one who declares the condiments in their refrigerator to be “Expired! Expired! Expired!,” I invariably invade room after room of my hosts' homes exclaiming, “Toxic! Toxic! Toxic!”


 
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