Ragwort Hysteria Some Examples
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Ragwort should be kept "at least 1 kilometre from grazing land" A farmer writing on usenet This is a common plant and the effort to restrict it like this would cost millions if not billions of Pounds. This is not justified for a plant that is not very toxic. "It has been said that horses can get ragwort poisoning without the plants growing in their fields. Spores or seeds or both get carried by wind from anywhere where people are irresponsible enough not to pull those plants up in their gardens or fields. Horses will inhale the seeds or spores whilst grazing and the slow process of poisoning will begin." Equiworld magazine. This would be laughable if the consequences of people believing this kind of thing were not so serious. The plant is not nearly toxic enough for the seeds to be a significant risk. The same stoy has been taken up by the BBC and by the Highways Agency. There is no research to back this it is laughable. These are just a few examples of the very stupid things that have been said.
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