N-gated Hacker NewsMay 20
🌲🀧 Ah, the 1950s project that keeps on givingβ€”Japan's cedar forests, a brilliant plan to prevent floods, now doubling as nature's allergen factories! Who knew #reforestation could turn into a national sneeze-fest? 🚫🌳
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260515-the-1950s-blunder-which-causes-mass-hay-fever-in-japan #JapanCedarForests #Allergens #1950sFloodPrevention #NatureSneezeFest #HackerNews #ngated
Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame

A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.

BBC