Date published: 2007/07/02
The BBC says:
More people develop allergic reactions to cats than thought, research suggests - even those not specifically allergic to the animals.
The Imperial College London study of 2,000 people found 25% got breathing problems due to cat allergens.
About 15% of the population is allergic to cats.
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Lead researcher Susan Chinn said the findings were "surprising"."We presupposed that we would find increased responsiveness only in those individuals who were exposed to cat allergen and whose blood tests showed that they were allergic to cats.
"But our study suggests that all allergic individuals have signs of asthmatic responses if exposed to cat allergen, even if blood tests show that they are not allergic to cats.
"It appears that many individuals could benefit from reduced cat ownership and exposure."
The persecution against cats continues. Perhaps the people allegedly affected should have been exposed to more cat allergen, and earlier in life. Instead we have the idea that we need to wrap human beings in cotton wool. And is this pointless research going to go further and test dogs, rabbits, parrots and anything else that interacts with humanity? Let's just kill every other species on the planet, in case they cause us some harm.
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