In the past few years, increasing attention has been given to what has been labelled an “allergy epidemic” by some, whereby more and more children in industrialised nations are suffering from allergies. A recent study conducted in Finland has now suggested that this phenomenon is not due to an increase in actual allergenic risk factory, but rather because of the “human immune system has not had the time to adapt to the rapid changes in the urban environment and way of life”.
A short article on this can be found at AlphaGalileo.org.
