5 September, 2014

The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy gets a lot of flak. Critics lambast it for illogical subsidies, onerous regulations and vast expense. It might even cause allergies.

In 2003 a team led by Paul Cullinan from Imperial College, London, surveyed the residents of Sobotka, a small town in southwestern Poland, and several villages in the vicinity. They were interested in the prevalence of atopy, an immunologic response that can be determined by pricking the skin with allergens—such as pollen or cat hair—and measuring the size of the welt that results. 

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See right an interview being undertaken in a farmer's house. More Polish farm and study images can be seen here.