Horrific Tales of Potato Poisoning

You've probably been told not to eat green potatoes because they are poison. Just how poisonous are they? The presence of chlorophyll in a potato's skin indicates an increased level of solanine, which at critical concentrations can cause horrible illness (vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, paralysis, and/or coma) and even death. It's happened more than you know. Smithsonian's Food & Think blog has a rundown of solanine poisoning cases spanning a century, with scary details.