As concerns are voiced about hemlock near a school, an expert tells of other deadly green neighbours.
Hemlock, which can be fatal if ingested, was found growing along a path near a village schoolOn Monday, it emerged children's lives were "at stake" in a Suffolk village after hemlock - a plant that can be fatal if ingested - was found along their normal walk into school. Hemlock, however, is far from our only green neighbour that poses a risk.
In his call to action, Mr Brinkley says delays to the plant's removal "put children's lives at stake".The alkaloids in Hemlock cause violent vomiting and paralysis of the nervous system, with death usually due to respiratory failure"To walk on the roads because the path isn't safe because of all the hemlock and vegetation overgrowing, they're being put in this really difficult and unsafe position," she says.
But according to Prof Iain Barr, of the University of East Anglia, the removal of the hemlock leaves a further 28,000 still dotted around the UK. Prof Barr, a professor of field ecology, tells the BBC about a number of other dangerous plants sitting in plain sight and why some pose such a threat.
Native to Central Asia, it was introduced into Britain in 1893 as an ornamental plant, but "escaped from domestication".It is often confused with its native relative, the common hogweed.
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