Study Of Ragweed Offers Hope For Allergy Sufferers


Ragweed research is nothing to sneeze at: Graduate students probe how pesky pollen spreads under varying weather conditionsTo a person with a pollen allergy, an 18-acre ragweed field sounds like a sneezy, red-eyed zone of misery. But to two environmental engineering researchers at The Johns Hopkins University, the parcel presented a rare and valuable opportunity to learn how the troublesome weeds grow, reproduce and scatter their pollen under varying weather conditions. [click link for full article]