
Overview
We are in the grip of an allergy epidemic. Fifty years ago one in 30 were affected, but in Britain today it is closer to one in three. Why this should be is one of modern medicine's greatest puzzles. In search of answers, Horizon travels round the globe, from the remotest inhabited island to the polluted centres of California and the UK. We meet sufferers and the scientists who have dedicated their lives trying to answer the mystery of why we are becoming allergic to our world.
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45 - 1How to Kill a Human Being January 15, 2008
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45 - 2Total Isolation January 22, 2008
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45 - 3What on Earth is Wrong With Gravity? January 29, 2008
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45 - 4Is Alcohol Worse than Ecstasy? February 05, 2008
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45 - 5How to Make Better Decisions February 12, 2008
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45 - 6How to Live to be 101 February 19, 2008
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45 - 7Prof. Regan's Supermarket Secrets February 26, 2008
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45 - 8Are we Alone in the Universe? March 04, 2008
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45 - 9How Much is Your Dead Body Worth? March 18, 2008
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45 - 10How Does Your Memory Work? March 25, 2008
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45 - 11The President's Guide to Science September 16, 2008
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45 - 12How Mad Are You? (1 of 2) November 11, 2008
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45 - 13How Mad Are You? (2 of 2) November 18, 2008
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45 - 14Jimmy's GM Food Fight November 25, 2008
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45 - 15Do You Know What Time It Is? December 02, 2008
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45 - 16Allergy Planet December 09, 2008
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45 - 17Where's My Robot? December 16, 2008