Children are playing in parks and by river banks where dangerous plants causing life-changing injuries have been spotted, unknown to their parents.
Sightings of giant hogweed, which causes severe burns, leaving exposed skin extremely sensitive to sunlight, have been reported across Bury.
The invasive plant has been seen around Kirklees Brook, near Tottington, Springwater Park in Whitefield, Drinkwater Park in Prestwich and around Radcliffe in Sion Street, Outwood Trail, the old East Lancs Paper Mill and Close Park.
There have also been sightings reported in Burrs Country Park, near Elton Reservoir and along sections of the River Irwell and the Bury and Bolton Canal.
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