Most importantly - If you, or anyone/thing else, believes they
have been in contact with any poisonous materials, contact your
local Poison Control Center. The American Association of Poison
Control Centers has a great website - www.aapcc.org - with
information about all types of poisoning. For the Galveston
Area, the Southeast Texas Poison Control Center's (STPCC)
website is www.utmb.edu/setpc. To contact STPCC: Mailing
address: UTMB, 3.112 Trauma Building, Galveston, Tx 77555-1175
Emergency Numbers: (800)764-7661 (TX ONLY) and (409)765-1420
Animal Poison Control Center - www.napcc.aspca.org (888)426-4435
Oleanders contain a toxin called Cardenolide Glycosides. The
toxin is mostly contained in the sap which is clear to slightly
milky colored, and sticky. When ingested in certain quatities,
this toxin can cause harm - and possibly death. The extremely
bitter and nauseating taste of the sap (much like a rotten
lemon) causes a mechanical reflex in the stomach which rejects
and expels the vile substance. Althoug