Saturday, August 14, 2010

Allergies on the Rise

The amount of adults with allergies has risen to 40%, up from 15% in the 90's.
Children with allergies rise to 40%, nearly triple its rate since last decade.
Many believe these numbers will surely rise in the future.
Allergies are your bodies way of trying to reject whatever is disrupting it
and can often lead to asthma.

Most surprisingly is the spike in the numbers of children allergic to fruits and vegetables
which is nearly 5 times greater in some regions.
This may be attributed to the surge of genetically modified crops.
Typically humans develop allergies during childhood,
but lately Adults are regularly being diagnosed with new allergies,
even people who already have one find themselves diagnosed with several more.

Allergy statistics

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