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Article: SUFFERING STARTS FOR THOSE ALLERGIC TO RAGWEED POLLEN THE PLANT PRODUCES MOST OF ITS POLLEN DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF AUGUST.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2003
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Byline: Terry Rindfleisch La Crosse Tribune
LA CROSSE -- The ragweed season officially started Friday.
Diminishing daylight stimulates the ragweed plant to pollinate, and for the next month allergy sufferers will be sneezing and walking around with stuffy, itchy noses, red and swollen eyes, and scratchy throats if they don't seek treatment.
George Fulford, a physician assistant with Allergy Associates of La Crosse who has kept track of ragweed and mold counts for many years, said the dry weather won't reduce the amount of ragweed.
"Dry weather doesn't slow down ragweed," Fulford said. "They may be unhappy looking, but ragweed pollinates ...
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