FOLLOWING a ban on the use of chemical herbicides to control amenity weeds, the most eco-conscious council in the country has a fight on its hands with ‘out-of-place’ green plants, which is the crude definition of a weed.Hundreds of Brighton and Hove residents initially signed a petition to prevent pollution and contamination by weedkilling chemicals such as glyphosate with alleged implications for human health and environmental integrity. But all is not quiet on the Brighton seafront, with some residents saying the consequences of a herbicide-free environment is a rewilding step too far.Indeed, the tide appears to have turned along Brighton’s famous promenade, with residents saying weeds have taken over walkways and pavements in what sounds like something out of The Day of the Triffids. Reports and pictures show weeds bursting throughpavements to cause trip hazards which are claimed to have sent two elderly ladies to hospital.
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