But there is another reason to dread this supersized weed -- it puts public health in peril with its toxic sap. Unlike other ...

“Never touch it.” Ford was talking about giant hogweed, an invasive plant species found in Pennsylvania, including locally. The plant, which is toxic to humans, has been the focal point of num ...

Giant hogweed is sometimes confused with cow parsnip or poison hemlock, described here, which are two other plants that can also cause adverse reactions from contact: Giant hogweed is an invasive ...

“We thought, wouldn’t it be fun to take something as nasty and objectionable as hogweed and make something useful out of it,” said co-author Zoya Bobyleva of Lomonosov Moscow State University.