Luke O’Neill: How climate change is damaging the immune system

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Alongside the threat to our environment, immunologist Professor Luke O’Neill explains how climate change is damaging our immune systems.

Research on the effects of climate change on the human body have expanded greatly in recent years, according to Prof O’ Neill .“There was a big study between 2012 and 2022 allergies in children have doubled in the last decade, which is a striking change.The question is what climate change has actually done to our immune system to cause these issues.

“If CO2 goes up, the plants are making less nutrients basically, so when you have a slice of bread, you're getting slightly less in terms of nutrients.A 'finely tuned machine'

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