Tag: Respiratory diseases

In May every year,doctors in the Kashmir Valley treats a high number of patients, especially children with respiratory diseases. The rise in illness has often been attributed to a phenomenon during this season which is the shedding of fluffy cotton-covered seeds by poplar trees commonly known as “Russian poplars”. The name “Russian poplar” is a… Continue reading Do ‘Russian poplar’ seeds cause May illness in Kashmir? The fears, the science