S&W-Fact#13

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Which plant is hazardous to harvest when it is wet?

-cotton

-grapes

-tobacco

-sunflower







It's tobacco. :) 

 Green Tobacco Sickness is a type of nicotine poi­son­ing caused by the dermal ab­sorp­tion of nicotine from the surface of wet tobacco plants. The symptoms inclue vom­it­ing, headache and fluc­tu­a­tions in blood pressure and heart rate. These may be so severe as to require emer­gen­cy medical treat­men­t.  

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