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Allergies are costing #Japan $1.6 billion a day in lost productivity & 43% of the population now suffers from severe hay fever. The cause: mass planting of cedar & cypress decades ago. In my latest for @bbcfuture, I explore efforts to replace plantations w/ biodiverse ecosystems https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260515-the-1950s-blunder-which-causes-mass-hay-fever-in-japan