PSA: Potatoes can possibly kill you under certain conditions. Po Po escorts some Potatoes

[pRICE cUBE]

https://cdllife.com/2019/abandoned-load-...KVUXInGCi4

A tractor trailer loaded up with 40,000 pounds of rotten potatoes was given a police escort to a Virginia landfill yesterday due to concerns about the abandoned load’s toxicity.

The truck loaded up with the ‘taters had apparently been abandoned off of I-95 in Richmond sometime in August, local news outlet The Progress-Index reports.

Though dying from toxic gas caused by rotten potatoes is rare, it does happen. Notably, in 2013, four members of a Russian family were killed from the gas caused by rotten potatoes stored in a basement area.

[RAMd®d]

four members of a Russian family were killed from the gas caused by rotten potatoes stored in a basement area.

Fortunately, all my potatoes come in a cardboard holder, waxed paper bag, or styro cup.

I had no idea that in decomp, they pose a hazard.

[Racer X]

they are members of the nightshade family. don't eat the greens!

[JoeH]

Racer X wrote:
they are members of the nightshade family. don't eat the greens!

...or potatoes that have been exposed above ground to sunlight and have green skinned sections.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Solanine gas

Rotting potatoes in basement kill four members of Russian family
Moscow (UPI) Aug. 23, 2013

[Speedy]

I would say, based on that photo, they might be overdoing it a bit. Plus the trailer doesn’t have appropriate placards.