Don't Lunch with an Azalea

[MelaQuin]

If you are working with azaleas be sure to wash your hands before handling food/eating as azaleas are poisonous.

[Marc]

Really?? i've done so for several years and can't remember if i have specifically washed my hands or not... Wish me luck!!

[MelaQuin]

I managed to sicken myself one night after two hours of carving an olive without a mask [yes, neither of us wore a mask]. They are right... not a good thing to do. So I took on board the advice about Azaleas - passed on by an azalea fanatic. But I've drunk so much wine and coffee, occasionally even water, with olive dust floating on top. Still, it's good to know these things so you can avoid problems or know why you feel the way you do if you do.

[aaron_tas]

thanks for the heads up, im just about to work on some 2nyt

five kurume azaleas (nothin spesh) from a garden about to be levelled, lucky me

[PeterW]

Thanks for the advise MQ. Dont want to play around with your health! Thanks heaps, i have carved plenty of Olives with no mask also.....not any more though!
Peter