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Warwickshire ragwort errors.
Warwickshire Council is one of the worst cuplrits for distributing misinformation on ragwort.
They have a website and a leaflet
about "Operation Ragwort" with an email address and a phone number.
The webpage says "Remember you have a legal obligation to stop the weed spreading."
This is clearly incorrect. See Ragwort law
The leaflet repeats this error
"It is an offence to allow ragwort to
spread from your land. "
and goes on to scare people with the human poisoning story
"Care should be taken by individuals removing ragwort as it is likely the
toxins in the plant can be dangerous to humans too, and be absorbed
through the skin.
Ragwort is not a poison of any consequence to humans and the evidence found by the experts does not show that the plant poses any serious risk to people.
This skin absorbtion poisoning story does not stand up to examination in the face of the evidence.
This site has several articles on this.
Ragwort poisoning in Humans for a
short explanation and Ragwort Humans for a longer one.
This is a really common story that causes lots of problems for people so a simple non-technical explanation
of this is available here Ragwort poisoning humans
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