Ministry: Take proper action to weed out harmful plants


Tough job: A worker picking tea leaves at a plantation in Cameron Highlands.

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has appealed to the relevant authorities to weed out the allergy-triggering Parthenium hysterophorus weed as it poses a risk to human health.

“Appropriate action should be taken to control or eradicate weeds or plants that can adversely affect the health of the public. The people should refrain from getting into contact with the weed,” Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement.

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