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Allergy Planet


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Subjects: Environment, Health Issues, Medicine, Natural History, Science

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No
Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2008
Available in French: No

Historically allergies barely registered on the health agenda, but today with 1.2 billion allergy sufferers around the world, it is a phenomenon that is impossible to ignore. Not only are the number of allergy sufferers increasing year on year, but the allergies doctors are treating are getting more severe. The western world is in the grips of a growing epidemic.

Allergy Planet uncovers the facts behind this terrifying phenomenon. The programme finds out how allergies are influenced by our genes; witnesses first hand the potential damage caused by the environment in which we live; and finds out the extent to which some allergies may be all in the mind.

The film delves into cutting edge research which suggests that the way we treat our skin barrier may be more important than we ever realised, and discovers the protective effect of the unique microbial ecosystem that lives on us and in us. Finally, by going back to our ancient past Allergy Planet explores the evolutionary reasons allergies exist. Have we have created a world mismatched to our biology, and are allergies the price we have to pay for the privileged lifestyle we have chosen?