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Where are you getting your data? Is this a specific country/worldwide/what? If you're just talking about the US, a quick Google search shows your numbers are of
by hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
Where are you getting your data? Is this a specific country/worldwide/what? If you're just talking about the US, a quick Google search shows your numbers are off by a few orders of magnitude. This article from the CDC estimated 100 hospitalizations for mushrooms in the US in 2016: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010a1.htm
Foraging for mushrooms is not dangerous if you know what you're doing and stick to easily identified mushrooms that aren't easily confused with poisonous varieties.
- busterarm 1y agoAAPCC annual reports, linked to from an actual mushroom foraging guide. Also I said plants and mushrooms. Not specifically mushrooms. AAPCC doesn't track mushrooms separately and I would consider the CDC to not be the authority on poisoning -- their specialty is diseases.
- adamweld 1y agoHere's the relevant section from the 2023 National Poison Data System: https://i.imgur.com/vIXenG8.png https://i.imgur.com/vIXenG8.png 8294 case mentions, 3039 hospitalizations. for outcomes check the table.
- owenversteeg 1y agoHuh, that is quite interesting, thank you. Looks like that includes the hallucinogenic mushrooms, which leads to 2139 case mentions and 1146 hospitalizations a year.