NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If your hayfeverbecomes worse than ever this fall, you might be able to blameglobal warming, a new research review suggests.

The report, published in the Journal of Allergy and ClinicalImmunology, details the evidence that global warming is placingasthma and allergy sufferers at risk of “worsening disease, moresymptomatic days, and reduced quality of life.”

The problem is that climate change affects air quality –boosting both air pollution and pollen counts, according to thereport authors, led by Dr. Katherine M. Shea of the University ofNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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