[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

The LD-50 for Pointsettia in a 50lb child is about 1.25 pounds (500-600 leaves), per here: http://www.drugs.com/npp/poinsettia.html

Ha, there's some bad data interpretation already

No rats died during an attempt to establish the oral LD-50; therefore, the LD-50 was considered to be greater than 25 g/kg body weight.

Assuming no interspecies variation in toxicity, a 50 lb child would have to ingest about 1.25 lbs (500 to 600 leaves) to surpass the experimental LD-50.