translated from Spanish: Video: Damn Spring, Banana Allergy

Spring day arrives and the squares are filled with people celebrating everyone’s favorite season. Plants bloom and the climate begins to be ideal. Looks like the perfect season, except for the allergic. If you’re allergic you’ll feel identified with any of these symptoms: eye irritation, dry skin, sore throat, scalp problems and, most commonly, nasal congestion. When this time of year comes, allergy sufferers, especially those living in Buenos Aires, often complain about a particular plant: banana. It is a tree that, during the first weeks of spring, long a very light “fluff” that flies everywhere. What we are asking ourselves is: is banana responsible for our allergy or is it responsible because it is visibly annoying at this time of year? To solve that doubt and understand a little more about seasonal allergy and one of the most rejected plants in the city, in Filo.news we spoke with Dr. Jorge Tartaglione and engineer Jorge Fiorentino, manager of Arbolado de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires and professor of Agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires.In this note:

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