Climate change may exacerbate allergies, autism
"Climate change has worsened respiratory allergic disease and has altered the immune system's tolerance in responding to toxins," says Xue Ming.
Climate change and disruption of the ecosystem have the potential to profoundly affect the human body, affecting allergies, autism, and autoimmune systems, researchers report.
A new paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health details the effects of climate change on allergies, autoimmunity, and the microbiome, the beneficial microorganisms that live on and inside the human body.
Here, the paper’s author, Xue Ming, a professor of neurology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, discusses how the delicate balance of the environment affects these conditions:
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