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There is a massive, recent hayfever problem in Japan because cedar trees planted to be used for timber after WWII weren't as construction methods changed. http
by rangibaby 10y ago
There is a massive, recent hayfever problem in Japan because cedar trees planted to be used for timber after WWII weren't as construction methods changed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay_fever_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay_fever_in_Japan
- Ntrails 10y agoThe thing that always gets me is that when I spent summers in canada I experienced not an iota of hayfever, but I get pretty significant symptoms in the UK. I think it's about the only strong draw to emmigration at some point in the future!
- magic_beans 10y agoI'm the same way. I'm from the US and have never had any allergies ever, though I've spent a lot of time outdoors. I spent a summer in the UK one year, and the whole time I had horrific allergies. I was basically hopped up on Benadryl the whole time.
- lttlrck 10y agoOpposite for me. I grew up in rural England surrounded by flowers and forests. Never had a hint of allergies. Lived in Germany on the edge of the Black Forest for ten years... no problems. Moved to New England and I had no idea what is wrong with me. It took me three years to figure out it was tree pollen and not a spring cold... haha In California now so we will see how it goes.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoMy uncle brings his son on a roadtrip to America every summer to escape his allergies to birch pollen.