More and more of us appear to be allergic to more and more things. If you’ve been in the waiting room of an allergist’s office recently, that may not be a surprise.
But Theresa MacPhail says there are absolutely more allergies now than there were in the past.
MacPhail is a medical anthropologist and teaches science and technology studies at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. She’s also the author of a book that came out earlier this year that delves into this issue and why it’s happening, called “Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World.”
The Show spoke with her and asked if there’s a consensus as to why more people are developing allergies, or if there are just a lot of hypotheses floating out there.
