Fw: Asthma and Stormy Weather

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> Asthma and Stormy Weather

>

>

> " Cause and Effect: Asthma's Link to Stormy Weather "

> (Source: NY Times, 3/25/03)

>

> Thunderstorms can set off asthma attacks, and fungus may be to blame,

> a Canadian study has found. In several countries over the years,

> emergency room visits related to asthma have spiked after severe

> thunderstorms, the study's lead author, Dr. E. Dales of the

> University of Ottawa Health Research Institute said.

>

> But the link has neither been well established nor explained, he

> added.

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> For the study, which was published in the journal Chest, the

> researchers examined four years of records from the Children's

> Hospital of Eastern Ontario and compared the pattern of asthma attacks

> with daily data on weather, airborne allergens and pollution collected

> at a nearby airport.

>

> Dr. Dales said that hospital visits for asthma were 15 percent more

> frequent on days with thunderstorms than on other days. The cause, he

> said, appeared to be fungal spores, which were found to be more common

> in air samples on those days, while other allergens, like pollen, were

> not.

>

> Dr. Dales said he suspected that a storm's winds and downpours worked

> together to raise the level of fungal spores in the air: rain

> dislodges the spores and suspends them in droplets that are then

> spread by strong gusts and updrafts.

>

> People who have more severe asthma problems after thunderstorms should

> " should stay indoors and use asthma medication if needed, " Dr. Dales

> said. But they should also be tested to see if they are allergic to

> fungi, he said.

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>> Asthma and Stormy Weather

>>

>> " Cause and Effect: Asthma's Link to Stormy Weather "

>> (Source: NY Times, 3/25/03)

This sounds logical except for the fact that lightning would kill the

spores, wouldn't they? I also doubt that they factored in fallout from

recent chemtrails which would include aluminum, barium, jet exhaust

bromines, and other particles from them.

Barth

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