Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame
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Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame
by tw1st3d_m3nt4t
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“After World War Two, many of Japan’s mountains became barren, causing disasters in various regions,” says Noriko Sato, a professor and forestry researcher at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. (Bare mountains can increase the incidence of landslides and flooding). “Large-scale afforestation was carried out by public works, funded by tax revenues, to prevent soil erosion.”
Aiming for rapid reforestation, the government chose to plant reams of only two different native, fast-growing evergreen species that could quickly reforest landscapes and provide wood for future use in construction: the Japanese cedar, sugi, and the Japanese cypress, hinoki.
Depending on where you live the pollen are crazy. At my previous job all cars were yellow after a day of work, every day during pollen season.
I also feel like I slowly developed allergies a few years after moving to Japan. The first few years I was fine but then slowly during pollen season I’d get affected more and more 😅
Seeing the monkey in distress in this article broke my heart. Lil bro doesn’t know what is going on. ❤️🩹
I wonder if they’d ever try hookworms.
So they need to cut and replant a %?
I used to have a coworker in Japan who had so many allergies. Hers however were due to a 1940s project since her dad grew up in Hiroshima.