Weather pushes allergy and asthma miseries to new level - The Washington Post
Although emergency rooms are hopping and doctors are busy, they do not have hard data to show increased sickness from allergies is linked to the warming climate...That was followed by a variety of other trees blasting pollen well into May. The air was already full of pollen when grasses released another fusillade that peaked in June. Next up, ragweed.
...Americans are likely being exposed to a new super pollen. Studies have shown that plants treated with carbon dioxide and ozone emissions — causes of global warming — release a more potent pollen, with greater amounts of allergens per pollen grain, he said.
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The result can be a tremendous drag on the workplace, with more and more employees reeling from allergy-related respiratory problems and headaches, leaving work early or being less productive. Ditto for students in schools.
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It was bad enough to even walk in the summer of pollen, said Christopher Randolph, an allergist and immunologist in New Haven, Conn. Try running in it, like elite Olympic athletes who train outdoors.
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