Pollen count set to surge - affecting 30 million Brits
HALF of all Brits will have hay fever by 2030 as global warming sends the pollen count soaring, it is claimed.Nearly half of all Brits will suffer hay fever by 2030, it is claimedThe percentage of adult hay fever sufferers in the UK has rocketed from 10 per cent in the 1970s to 30 per cent, The Mirror reports.
A study in health journal Lancet Planetary Health warns rising temperatures will send pollen counts surging even higher. Max Wiseberg, an airborne allergens expert and creator of HayMax allergen barrier balms, said: “The study shows something we have already noticed – we are having longer pollen seasons and they are more intense.
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