More people developing fatal allergies

According to an article in the Guardian, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people with fatal allergies over the last 10-15 years. The British National Health Service issued 211,040 injectors to combat anaphylactic shock  in 2008, compared with 101,032 in 2003 and just 25,320 in 1995.

“It could be to do with changes in our environment, a change in allergen exposure, pollution or diet. The only thing we know is that it is clearly related to modern, western ways of living.”

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