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Old 19-08-2003, 11:22 AM
Rusty Hinge
 
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Default Hysteria over Ragwort

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from (Neil Jones) contains these words:

Now to the hysteria. The following is just one example of many. One
equine magazine on the net published a story that horses could be
poisoned by "seeds and Spores" (sic) blowing into pasture that they
would breathe in. On the basis of the level of toxicity this is
absolute nonsense. (Even if you ignore the inaccurate botany.)
Yet the story has spread. It has appeared in at least two _Government_
press releases and as even been copied by the BBC. It is hardly
suprising therefore that many people have a false picture of the real
story about his plant.


But who believes Government press releases, especially about weeds of
mass destruction?

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