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"Longer Pollen Seasons Nothing To Sneeze At"

"Even though she'd been walking in the woods for only a few minutes, Jen McIntyre was in distress. Tears were running down her cheeks. She couldn't breathe through her nose. 'I feel like this is our new reality,' McIntyre said recently of the allergies that have begun to plague her."

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Earlier springs and later fall frosts linked to climate change have already lengthened the pollen season - in some areas, significantly, by two weeks or more, studies show."

Sandy Bauers reports for the Philadelphia Inquirer July 28, 2013.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 07/29/2013