Virginia Teen Suffers Third-Degree Burns from Giant Hogweed: 'Chunks of My Face Were Falling Off'

A 17-year-old Virginia boy is recovering after a giant hogweed plant left him with second- and third-degree burns to his face and arms. Alex Childress was working at his summer landscaping job on Tuesday in Fredericksburg around 12 p.m. when he unknowingly chopped down a large hogweed, a dangerous plant with sap that can cause severe damage to the skin, according to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Childress, of Spotsylvania County, says the plant fell onto his face, but he...