Thought Lateral » sickness http://thoughtlateral.com Looking at the world laterally, but that's beside the point ;-) Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Hayfever? Where’s the hay? http://thoughtlateral.com/2009/07/20/hayfever-wheres-the-hay/ http://thoughtlateral.com/2009/07/20/hayfever-wheres-the-hay/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:03:37 +0000 Denver http://thoughtlateral.com/2009/07/20/hayfever-wheres-the-hay/ Increasingly people in cities are succumbing to the symptoms of hayfever. My question is “Where is the hay?” There is less and less greenery in the city with each passing year as front gardens turn into driveways and rear gardens are decked. Granted, hayfever is not caused by hay and is attributed to the effects of pollen, but the point remains. The number of hayfever sufferers appears to be inversely proportional to the amount of greenery, which suggests to me that hayfever would be better called “pollution fever”.

I hypothesize that increased pollution is either directly causing the symptoms of hayfever, or accentuating the sensitivity to pollen.

Hayfever? Pollution fever more likely!

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