Climate change will extend hay fever season by six weeks, report warns

[xchrom]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/11/climate-change-hayfever


Hay fever sufferers face longer pollen seasons due to climate change, the report warns. Photograph: Saif Dahlah/AFP/Getty Images


Hay fever sufferers face longer pollen seasons and highly allergenic new strains from invasive plants, a new report on the health effects of climate change on the UK warned on Tuesday.

Global warming will cause earlier flowering, possibly extending the hay fever season by six weeks, and enable new species to grow in the UK. Pollen is also getting more potent, packing more allergen into each grain.

The report, from the Health Protection Agency (HPA), analyses a wide range of risks including killer heatwaves, increased flooding, greater food poisoning and new infectious diseases carried by mosquitoes.



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[madrchsod]

1. that`s really great......not

it`s really bad this year because of the heat,no rain,and the winds. since it`s rained the pollen is way worse than i can remember. a lot of plants are in the same boat. spores that have laid dormant over the summer are attacking the plants now.

[rurallib]

2. thanks for that kick in the teeth to start the day

well, its not like I didn't know it.
My personal allergy problems have gone from a couple months a year to pretty much the whole year around over 3 decades.

[xchrom]

3. i like to do what i can to help.