"Douglas" wrote in message
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"Kev" wrote in message
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While sat in the garden the other day, my father noticed a fern and
warned
me that he has seen something on television stating that one or more
types
were a risk to children's eyesight. Did anyone else see this or have an
opinion ?

Thanks
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Don't know, but if you're going up the fells keep away from the bracken.
Sometimes the stuff's riddled with nasty ticks.
Doug.
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I never heard of the eyesight risk, but have heard that areas of dense fern
planting (like say, the side of a mountain) should be avoided during spore
release time as these are allegedly carcinogenic.
Not that we haven't just about heard the same thing about just about
everything else so far.

Patrick