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Giant hogweed severely burns Virginia boy, 17, sending him to hospital, report says
MSN / Fox News ^
| July 13, 2018
Posted on 07/14/2018 7:50:17 AM PDT by SMGFan
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What happens if these plants get in a brush fire?
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posted on
07/14/2018 7:50:17 AM PDT
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
The sap of the giant hogweed plant is phototoxic; when the contacted skin is exposed to sunlight or to ultraviolet rays, it can cause phytophotodermatitis (severe skin inflammations). Initially, the skin colours red and starts itching. Blisters form as it burns within 48 hours. They form black or purplish scars that can last several years. Hospitalisation may be necessary.[9] Although media reports have suggested that eye exposure to the sap can lead to temporary or permanent blindness, the risk of permanent blindness is not supported by existing research.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum
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posted on
07/14/2018 7:51:07 AM PDT
by
SMGFan
(Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
07/14/2018 7:52:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SMGFan
Good question. We have them coming into our area now. I thought poison ivy was bad, but this is worse.
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posted on
07/14/2018 7:55:03 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: SMGFan
my neighbors have lost their mind over this hogweed.
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posted on
07/14/2018 7:55:05 AM PDT
by
ronniesgal
( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
To: SMGFan
Amazing that such a noxious plant species was imported onto this continent.
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posted on
07/14/2018 7:55:20 AM PDT
by
rockrr
( Everything is different now...)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
07/14/2018 7:59:19 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masss could be farts)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:01:08 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: SMGFan
Strike by night! They need the sun to photosynthesize their venom!
Wipe them out! We must destroy them.
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:03:08 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masss could be farts)
To: SMGFan
Maybe WeWork folk can serve up some of this at their company picnic.
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:04:58 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: ronniesgal
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:07:19 AM PDT
by
Cats Pajamas
(Freedom or Liberty? Which would you choose?)
To: rockrr
To: SMGFan
Oh no, hogweed is back in the news???
To: SMGFan
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:09:31 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: mylife
“Strike by night! They need the sun to photosynthesize their venom!”
Strike at night after all day of storing up to sap you.
To: bgill
hogweed
Queen Anne's lace
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:22:17 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(Islam is Satan's finest work.)
To: mylife
I for one welcome our Hogweed overlords!
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:23:16 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
To: rockrr
#6:
"Amazing that such a noxious plant species was imported onto this continent." LOL. You forgot the "sarcasm" tag. Noxious things nastier than hogweed keep slipping into our country each and everyday.
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:26:35 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
To: 4yearlurker
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:27:30 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masss could be farts)
To: Cats Pajamas
they are on the neighbor hood FB page declaring if u find this weed, call 911.
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posted on
07/14/2018 8:28:30 AM PDT
by
ronniesgal
( I wonder what his FR handle is??)
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