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Pollens, Pollution, and Failing Lungs: The Silent Respiratory Crisis Growing in Our Cities

May 11, 2026 Editor

How Climate Change, Toxic Air, and Seasonal Allergies Are Creating a Perfect Storm for Human Lungs By: Javid Amin | 10 May 2026 Pollens, Pollution, and Failing Lungs: The Invisible Enemies We Breathe Every Day Every breath should sustain life. Yet for millions of people living in crowded cities and rapidly expanding towns, breathing itself is becoming a health risk. Across urban and semi-urban regions, a dangerous combination of seasonal pollens, toxic pollution, and climate change is quietly damaging human lungs. Doctors are witnessing a sharp rise in asthma attacks,…

Valley grappling with widespread seasonal allergy caused by pollen from Russian poplars

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 Editor

The Kashmir valley is grappling with a seasonal health hazard — pollen-induced allergy. Despite thousands of Russian poplars being cut down last year on the orders of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the pollen allergy is widespread. Though pollen allergies in the spring in the region are common, the allergy induced by the pollen of the poplar varieties imported from Russia, Australia and the US has turned into a perennial health hazard in Srinagar and other major towns, particularly Baramulla and Kupwara towns, where thousands of poplars line up…