Mad Honey
Episode 32 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Mad Honey" was published on June 8, 2024 and runs 10 minutes.
June 8, 2024 ·10m · Herbarium of the Bizarre
Summary
I forgot to mention this in the episode, so bonus fact: mad honey poisoning can theoretically be fatal, but no one has actually died from it since the 1800s. These days, we have treatments for severe poisonings, one of which is actually atropine! Music by James Milor from Pixabay Information provided by: https://theapiarist.org/mad-honey/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/mad-honey-red-hallucinogen Risks for human health related to the presence of grayanotoxins in certain honey by the European Food Safety Authority (2023) https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7866 Grayanotoxin poisoning: ‘Mad honey disease’ and beyond by Suze A. Jansen et al. (2012) https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12012-012-9162-2 https://bigthink.com/health/mad-honey/ https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/hidden-poison-rhododendron-nectar Mad honey: uses, intoxicating/poisoning effects, diagnosis, and treatment by Sana Ullah et al. (2018) https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc8ra01924j https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_honey https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron
Episode Description
I forgot to mention this in the episode, so bonus fact: mad honey poisoning can theoretically be fatal, but no one has actually died from it since the 1800s. These days, we have treatments for severe poisonings, one of which is actually atropine!
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
- https://theapiarist.org/mad-honey/
- https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/mad-honey-red-hallucinogen
- Risks for human health related to the presence of grayanotoxins in certain honey by the European Food Safety Authority (2023) https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7866
- Grayanotoxin poisoning: ‘Mad honey disease’ and beyond by Suze A. Jansen et al. (2012) https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12012-012-9162-2
- https://bigthink.com/health/mad-honey/
- https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/hidden-poison-rhododendron-nectar
- Mad honey: uses, intoxicating/poisoning effects, diagnosis, and treatment by Sana Ullah et al. (2018) https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc8ra01924j
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_honey
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron