People with seasonal allergies know that some months can be tougher than others. An unprecedented 15-year study conducted in the New York City area charts how air concentrations of different types of pollen vary throughout an average year.
PUBLIC ENEMY #1. This common allergen, ragweed pollen, is shown dispersed on a ragweed plant in this scanning electron micrograph.
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