'Japanese knotweed is no more of a threat to buildings than other plants', claim academics

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'Our study found no support for the commonly suggested ideas that Japanese knotweed routinely damages buildings ... Nor did we find evidence that it poses a major risk to built structures', say researchers from Leeds University

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Karen Bacon

Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change at the University of Leeds at University of Leeds

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