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Wild Parsnip Burns Little Boy In Ottawa, Canada

Catherine Sherriffs

What happens when you come into contact with wild parsnip? Unfortunately, a 4-year-old boy in Ottawa, Canada, recently found out. George Young was walking to a splash pad with his summer camp group this month when he picked the plant in a local park, says CTV News. Shortly after, his hand broke out in big,…

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Latest Buzz on Bees

Loss Surprises After tallying the annual bee colony losses from Winter 2014-2015, it became clear that US beekeepers fared far better than the previous year with only 1 in 5 hives being wiped out, instead of the 1 in 3 experienced the previous year. But it emerged that far more bees died over the summer…
November 20, 2015
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