allergies

What Do This Year’s High Pollen Counts Mean? This Allergy Season Is for Real

March 25, 2016 by Socials Admin

Now begins the season of sniffles, itchy eyes, and scratchy throats: Pollen counts all over the country are high. But what does “high” mean, exactly? Before we know that pollen is high we’ve got to count it. The way we sample pollen is ingenious in its simplicity: A device called a Rotorod, a plastic strut that … Read more

How Bad Will Allergy Season Be This Spring?

March 5, 2016 by Socials Admin

Suffer from seasonal allergies? Depending on where you live, you may already be sneezing, sniffling and rubbing your itchy eyes. And you may be in for a whopper of a spring. The first pollen culprit each year is typically trees. If rainfall was good the year before, resulting in solid tree growth, that typically means … Read more