What are impacts of giant hogweed on Human body?

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   A monster plant with white flowers in the shape of an umbrella and sap that can cause severe burns and possible blindness is rearing its dangerous head this summer.
   In the Capital Region, state Department of Environmental Conservation crews, with the assist of homeowners, are producing certain giant hogweed plants in Albany and Rensselaer shires are slash back or squirted, said Naja Kraus, the department's giant hogweed program coordinator.
   The vegetation, one time utilized as an ornamental characteristic in backyard flower beds, is accepted to be dispersing all through the state. DEC is obtaining more calls on its hotline as the public discovers about its dangers.
   The risk is graver than the rash initiated by venom ivy and venom oak, Kraus said.
   "It's distinct because (giant hogweed) alterations your skin, producing it more susceptible to the sun for several years," she said. It's a status renowned as photo-dermatitis, sensitivity to sunlight.
   If the sap arrives into communicate with the eyes, it can origin eye irritation and "can lead to blindness," she said. DEC agents understand of no case in the state where blindness was connected to the vegetation, she said.
   "The large-scale distinction is venom ivy rashes are itchy and annoying, but a giant hogweed is a burn," she said.
   The blisters are sore for a time and can outcome in enduring blemishes, mostly on the arms and legs, revealed localities of the body. The DEC website, which has comprehensive data and photographs of the vegetation, said communicate between the skin and the sap happens "either through scrubbing contrary to the bristles on the arise or shattering the arise or leaves."

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