09-08-2017 16:38 via saultonline.com

Toxic giant hogweed spreading in Canada

It can cause third-degree burns and even permanent blindness – and it’s spreading. Giant hogweed is cutting a wider swath in B.C. and Ontario, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging people across the country to document sightings of the­ towering green plant with large umbels of white flowers. Dan Kraus, a biologist with […]
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