Do you have a stuffy nose the minute you walk out your door? Eyes itch and throat get scratchy just by existing during the spring? Well then it may just be Big Nursery coming after you, and Big Pharma's in on it too! Listen this week as Shannon clues Emma in on the giant conspiracy that the government is trying to kill her and allergy sufferers like her.
Sources:
@theovtnetwork on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMemAYAeV/
Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-allergies-blame-male-trees
Scientific American: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/botanical-sexism-cultivates-home-grown-allergies/
Mel Magazine: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-horticulturalist-whose-lifes-work-is-to-end-botanical-sexism
The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPALS_(Ogren_Plant_Allergy_Scale)
Wired: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/hay-fever-botanical-sexism
San Luis Ranch, “Home Grown Community”: https://www.sanluisranch.com/
