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“Very few people are aware
of it right now,” he added. “I am
not aware that this species is on
any provincial list yet.”
Mr. Baillargeon said a
federal plan is in the works to
deal with invasive species in
general, but not hogweed in
particular.
“I believe the plant has been
here long enough that it would
now be diffcult to eradicate it,”
Mr. Baillargeon said.
“So I don’t expect that things will happen overnight. But we need to talk about it.”
A 2005 study of the plant’s spread in Canada said it was likely to continue for the
next 25 to 100 years “with worsening ecological, economic, and health effects.”
(reprinted from the National Post)
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