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Article: Pollen count could signal worst allergy season in 30 years, expert says

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Wendy Kale
University Wire
06-03-2003
(Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- They call him Dr. Sneeze. That's the alias for allergy expert Dr. William Storms of the University of Colorado's Denver Health Sciences Center. Get your Kleenex out, 'cause Dr. Sneeze says that this could be the worst allergy season in 30 years.

For those of you that have been scratching your contact lenses out, sneezing and sniffling, and feeling fatigued -- you can thank this year's over-the-top pollen count for your physical woes.

While many Coloradoans believe that flowers and weeds are the main allergy culprits, studies at CU Denver have shown that tree pollens are the primary cause of spring allergies in ...

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