Science
If you begin your day with coffee, or end it with a cocktail, you know that plants can pack a punch. Plants have been medicine throughout human history, and even today, many medications are derived from plant compounds. Yet power always includes danger. There are plants in West Texas that can cause sickness, and even death. We can appreciate these plants – even as we exercise caution. Dr. Sarah Watkins is a professor at El Paso’s Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and a toxicologist with the West Texas Regional Poison Center. “Luckily for us there aren't too many poisonous plants we have to worry about in our area,” Watkins said. As an ER physician here, Watk... Hosted by for KRTS