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  "textContent": "A decision made 70 years ago to plant vast areas of Japan with just two species of trees is now backfired with pollen clouds that are causing allergies in residents, writes the British broadcaster BBC. In February, a video went viral showing huge, smoke-like clouds billowing from Japan’s evergreen forests. It wasn’t smoke, but pollen, […]\n\nThe post Japan struggles with allergies; pollen is to blame appeared first on Baltic News Network.",
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