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Misleading: Giant hogweed seeds are not immediately dangerous and there’s no evidence mysterious mail from China contains them

18 August 202018 February 2021 Ada Jiang 姜琦 Better Business Bureau (BBB), brushing scam, Forestry and Fisheries, giant hogweed, Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Japanese National Consumer Affairs Center, phytophotodermatitis, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 3 min read

There is no verifiable report of unsolicited packages from China containing giant hogweed seeds.

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