allergen

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The report added that trading standards received a "high number of allergen complaints" throughout the year in West Yorkshire and the issues remained a "high priority".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

If you’re never exposed to an allergen, you can’t develop an allergy, and this would result in fewer allergies in the community, the theory went.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025

"When you eliminate cockroaches, you eliminate their allergens. Small decreases in cockroaches don't lower allergen levels because the remaining live cockroaches deposit more allergens," Schal said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

An estimated 40,000 children avoided peanut allergy diagnoses after the guidelines for when to first expose kids to the food allergen changed, according to new research.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

By their constant contact with the chemicals these men keep themselves desensitized — as an allergist keeps his patients desensitized by repeated small injections of the allergen.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson