Nobody ever signed up for an allergy, but it creeps in spring after spring after spring. Trapped in a runny nose limbo, you look for a reason, scrolling miles in Google search like it was a long distance marathon. With few results.
Landscaping expert Thomas Ogren knows very well what sheer hell allergies can be. His wife Yvonne had one. So when the family bought a new house, he made sure to get rid of all the possible triggers that could cause an allergic reaction. But when she fell ill, Thomas had to dig deeper to find the cause. And he did. It turns out, every tree in the neighborhood was male. Read the whole Twitter thread below on Thomas’ remarkable theory.
Twitter user Antonia recounted Ogren’s theory of allergy in a now-viral thread
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In the 1960s, the viral fungal illness known as Dutch elm disease wiped out some American cities’ long-lived trees. City planners and landscapers stepped in to bring the greenery back to the urban jungle.
Atlas Obscura writes that repopulation was done according to USDA guidelines with more than 100 varieties of maple clones. And according to Thomas, all of them were male. “Male plants are preferred because they produce no fruit, no seed, and no seedpods; hence they are seen as low-maintenance, or ‘litter-free,’” he explained in this article on the tree allergies.
According to Thomas, “it took a number of years for these new trees to mature enough to start to bloom, but eventually they did and with them came more city pollen and the ‘epidemic of allergy and asthma.’” He warns that as these trees are getting older and larger, they shed more pollen.
Thomas wrote about his life-long research on plants and allergies in the book titled “Allergy-Free Gardening.”
Antonia shared some solid facts for people on Twitter who couldn’t believe it’s real
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She also posted a recommendation from the European Commission to plant more female trees
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than 25 million Americans—7.7 percent of adults and 8.4 percent of children—have asthma. According to WHO estimates, approximately 250,000 people die prematurely each year from asthma around the world.
Many were left stunned by this remarkable explanation
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