A study from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute found that high exposure to air pollution during infancy is linked to peanut allergy risk. Researchers tracked more than 4,600 Australian children for a decade and found that babies exposed to higher levels of pollutants like nitrogen dioxide were 2.21 times more likely to have a peanut allergy. “Air pollutants have an irritant and inflammatory effect that may boost the immune system’s pro-allergic response, potentially triggering the development of food allergies,” Diego Lopez, Ph.D., said. While some food allergies resolve over time, others have these potentially deadly allergies for life. (Study Finds)
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