Giant Hogweed warning as boy suffers third degree burns from toxic plant

dailyrecord.co.uk:

burns from hogweed could be scarred 'for years'. Jayden Bird rubbed up against the weed, known as Britain's most dangerous plant, before his leg started hurting.

The nine-year-old was playing with his siblings at a holiday campsite when he ran close to some patches of the toxic weed next to some trees.

Red marks turned into puss-filled blisters, leaving young Jayden in agony less that 24 hours later.The schoolboy has been left terrified of wearing shorts outside as doctors think the third degree burns could scar him for years.The invasive species contains a sap which can cause extreme third degree burns and blindness if it has contact with eyes, and can even prove fatal to dogs and other animals.Jayden's mum Carly, 31, wants to warn other.