Girl Left With Third Degree Burns After Touching Toxic Plant

Lauren Fuller was on a fishing trip with her dad when she picked a piece of a Giant Hogweed plant to add to a den she was building. Within 24 hours, Lauren had bright red burns on her hands and cheeks, but when her parents took her to hospital, they were told it was just sunburn. Unsatisfied with the diagnosis, Russell and Charlotte Fuller turned to Google to research their daughter's symptoms - and quickly realised she was a victim of Giant Hogweed.