Conservation is important - for the sake of our health
Growing up, I was one of those lucky kids who wasn't allergic to anything. I felt like I was invincible - while my friends were pestered by pollen or peanuts, I was able to eat and play with reckless abandon. Childhoods like mine, however, are becoming more and more scarce. A recent study found that in 2008, peanut allergies in kids were three and a half times higher than a decade before, with similar trends occurring in a number of food allergies. Similarly, the prevalence of hay fever in devel