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Giant Hogweed

Don't touch this plant; you could go blind

And you could develop deep blisters and scars from its sap. Ref. Source 4q

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Hogweed Giant

How come this isn't more well known? People often talk about poison ivy but that's nothing compared to blindness!

Giant Hogweed UFO & Writing Art Education Sciences

There are a lot of poisonous plants out there that should be known. Plants that kill pet dogs and which can cause a lot of lasting pain. There's a garden in England "Alnwick Garden" Which has a caged off bit in the middle, which houses some of the most dangerous plants in the world. The curator of this garden made it, so people could understand there were such species out there. Source 3e I believe that there should be a warning on some labels to show what it could do if used inappropriately or some of the side-effects of such a plant. As a gardener, I definitely would want yo know