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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Antony Thrower

Britain's 'most dangerous plant' leaves man unable to walk with golf ball-sized blisters

Brothers suffered golf ball-sized blisters that will scar them for life after they touched a plant dubbed Britain’s most dangerous.

Daniel, 21, brushed giant hogweed when he was retrieving a football from a bush in Boston Manor Park, Brentford.

Thinking he’d been stung by a nettle, he rubbed his ankle with a dock leaf and continued to enjoy the summer sunshine.

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