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| Interesting article on emerald ash borer killing trees and an increase in human illness: http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/01/tree-and-human-health -may-be-linked trees are oxygen providers afterall.... |
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- Posted by plantknitter 8 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 13 at 0:40
| can't do a link in an original post for some reason......... here is the link |
Here is a link that might be useful: tree health and human health link
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Fri, Feb 8, 13 at 23:55
| Most interesting to me was "...it did not prove a causal link. The reason for the association is yet to be determined." In urban areas, trees and branches (usually older, rotting trees) fall on people. This could be as significant a health issue as the above article topic. I specifically avoid a tree at SE 48th and Raymond. But people park their cars under it all the time. |
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| Sporadic accidents befalling small numbers of individuals do not negate general daily health benefits to everyone. Speaking of cars, people die in those all the time, without trees being involved. |
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Mon, Feb 11, 13 at 23:11
| ..but the cause and effect is much easier to prove. And the numbers are probably not small; in the past 12 months, 3 major stories of trees causing injury in Portland alone, and not weather-related. Parking under huge, rotting trees is more avoidable than is driving on the open road. |
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 23:29
| ...and I suspect that if one did enough studies, human health improvements could be found in cities that have conducted Ailanthus tree removal campaigns. |
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