{"id":172004,"date":"2018-07-19T01:24:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T05:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=172004"},"modified":"2018-07-19T01:24:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T05:24:51","slug":"poison-parsnip-causes-severe-burns-blisters-on-womans-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/19\/poison-parsnip-causes-severe-burns-blisters-on-womans-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Poison parsnip causes severe burns, blisters on woman&#8217;s legs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_172006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172006\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PastinakePflanzegeerntet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-172006\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PastinakePflanzegeerntet-613x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Murphy says she developed painful blisters overnight after brushing against poison parsnip. Murphy says the blisters got so bad she had to go to the hospital to see a burn specialist. (Photo By Goldlocki - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)\" width=\"613\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PastinakePflanzegeerntet-613x1024.jpg 613w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PastinakePflanzegeerntet-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/PastinakePflanzegeerntet.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-172006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlotte Murphy says she developed painful blisters overnight after brushing against poison parsnip. Murphy says the blisters got so bad she had to go to the hospital to see a burn specialist.<br \/>(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=2914134\">Photo By Goldlocki &#8211; Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ESSEX, Vt. \u2014 \u00a0A woman was left with severe burns and blisters on her legs after encountering an invasive species of plant in Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Murphy says she developed painful blisters overnight after brushing against poison parsnip. Murphy says the blisters got so bad she had to go to the hospital to see a burn specialist.<\/p>\n<p>The Essex woman learned her injuries were comparable to second-degree burns and were caused by the invasive plant.<\/p>\n<p>David Grass of the Vermont Department of Health says the sap in the parsnip has a chemical reaction with the sun that causes accelerated burns. He says people should wear long pants and sleeves while in tall grass.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy says she hopes her experience helps educate people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSEX, Vt. \u2014 \u00a0A woman was left with severe burns and blisters on her legs after encountering an invasive species &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":172006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,37],"tags":[53677,53678],"class_list":["post-172004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-food","category-health","tag-parsnip","tag-poison-parsnip","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}