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Old 13-10-2010, 12:55 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Enabling a garden bonfire
In message , Martin Brown
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On 13/10/2010 11:02, wrote:
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Don't breathe the smoke from the laurel, it's poisonous.

Negligibly more than any other smoke. Be more careful of sumachs,
in case they have the same characteristics as Toxicodendron to
a much lesser degree.

I think you probably need to be a bit wary of the smoke when burning
yew for much the same reason. A few UK plants do contain potent
chemical weapons or their precursors - luckily in the UK there is
nothing quite in the poison ivy league. Some of the euphorbias might be
quite nasty when burned if the sap is vapourised in the smoke.

Regards,
Martin Brown

Clearly a proper risk assessment is required here.
Send for the Quango!
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