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Global warming and pollution makes hay fever worse

Posted: Friday, May 19th, 2006 by damnHippy
Tags: Climate Change, Health, Pollution

This may be a less obvious effect of global warming, but it appears that rising temperatures are increasing the severity of people's allergies.

"…statistics show that there is a definite rise in the severity of hay fever suffering as well as an increase in the numbers of new people affected who have not had hay fever before." [The Williams Lake Tribune]

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