Allergies in both children and adults have definitely been on the rise over the last several years, much of the rise in allergies and asthma 'can be directly linked to climate change,' experts say.
For the last two years, rushing their toddler to hospital has become the norm for Daniela Mora-Fisher and her husband.Julian, now three years old, has been "struggling with respiratory distress since probably he was 18 months," she said.Mora-Fisher, a foreign-trained physician who now works as a researcher at a Toronto doctor's office, suspects a combination of allergies and viruses might be triggering what could be asthma.
"We've been seeing this now for decades," Waserman said. "It's eczema. It's allergic rhinitis. It's asthma. It's food allergy. It's really everything." That's consistent with data gathered by Aerobiology, a Canadian company that monitors airborne allergens such as pollen and mould spores. "Flooding ... can lead to more mould in people's homes and more moisture and people who have allergies to moulds can experience more indoor allergies," she said.Burning fossil fuels releases more inhalable particles into the air. In addition to directly irritating people's respiratory systems, the pollutants may trigger the release of immunoglobulin E, which is associated with allergic responses in the body, she said.
"All those different moving parts ... are coming together to create this storm of allergies," Lem said.
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