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In reply to the discussion: So, why the rise in peanut allergies anyway? [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)My mom and her 7 siblings grew up on a farm in the boonies. Only one of them had allergies growing up, although back then everyone thought she had a constant cold - "Oh that Barb, she's ALWAYS sick with a cold!" when she was an adult her doctor diagnosed allergies and for the first time ever my aunt said she could breathe when she took allergy meds, lol, it was a huge deal to her that she was miserable her entire life and it was all just allergies.
However, now every single one of them has severe seasonal allergies. Even my mom who didn't develop allergies until *I* was an adult. I didn't develop allergies until my teens. Every year it gets worse. Same with my aunts and uncles. We all suffer greatly and we all take allergy meds now.
From what I understand is that the higher the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, the more pollen and allergens that plants release. That makes a LOT of sense. From what I read, there is double or triple the amount of pollen floating around in the summer than there was 40 years ago. Maybe we'll all die of allergies before global warming has a chance to do us in.