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Warmer weather is setting in, which means many of us will be venturing into the garden to welcome those springtime blooms. Whether you're fond of growing pansies, daffodils, or tulips, there's great joy to be found in keeping your flowers happy and healthy. But a recently published study found that this year, your garden could pose a serious health risk to you, so you might want to think twice before you dive into your outdoor chores. Read on to find out what could be growing in your garden and making you sick.

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Earlier this month, scientists and plant experts called for anyone with a Bradford pear tree in their yard to cut it down. These trees are tricky, as they have beautiful white blooms, but they actually endager surrounding wildlife and "choke out other plants," as reported by USA Today.

In addition to being dangerous to wildlife, when these trees cross with other pear varieties, the offspring—called Callery pears—produce thorns and thickets that can puncture the tire of your car. The situation has gotten so out of hand that certain U.S. states have banned the sale and cultivation of Bradford pears entirely. Now, scientists are voicing additional concerns about different garden growths.

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Flower beds are one of the most attractive parts of any garden—and those of us with a green thumb take pride in cultivating them. However, a study published April 25 in Nature Microbiologyfound that flower beds—as well as soil beds, compost bins, and decaying wood—may be breeding grounds for drug-resistant mold.

Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) analyzed over 100 samples from patients infected with Aspergillus fumigatus(a type of mold that can cause different diagnoses) across the U.K. between 2005 and 2017. When comparing lung samples with mold samples from patients' surrounding environments, including nearby soil, some were almost identical.

According to reporting by Insider, this study is one of the first to confirm that these infections can be transmitted from "everyday environments."

In general, our immune systems are able to fight off inhaled mold spores that cause illness, particularly Aspergillus fumigatus. According to the Mayo Clinic, several of these strains are harmless, but some can cause illnesses in therespiratory system. When people do become sick with this kind of infection, called aspergillosis, antifungal drugs known as azoles are the go-to treatment.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb

But concerns arise when infections cannot effectively be treated due to drug resistance, leading to serious, life-threatening illness in some patients. Amplifying these worries, when researchers tested Aspergillus samples collected from infected patients, almost half (49 percent) were resistant to at least one of the tested antifungal drugs, and 12 percent were resistant to two or more antifungal drugs from both clinical and environmental sources.

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Due to a rising number of patients with "severe viral respiratory tract infections," researchers are looking to better understand how and why this resistance is occurring—and agricultural fungicides appear to be the root of the problem. Johanna Rhodes, the study's senior author and genomic epidemiology fellow at ICL, told Insider that a "hefty dose of fungicide" is generally enough to kill Aspergillus, but drug resistance occurs due to "gradual exposure in the environment."

"It's like building up a tan gradually," Rhodes said. "If it's exposed a little bit at a time, it will develop the resistance slowly."

The fungi identified in the study had become resistant prior to infecting human lungs, researchers found, not during treatment in hospital settings. This creates a major issue for immunocompromised patients—and can even be deadly, Insider reported.

Ang mga mananaliksik ay nagtatrabaho upang harapin ang isyung ito at binigyang diin ang pangangailangan na mas mahusay na maunawaan ang "mga driver ng kapaligiran at ang genetic na batayan ng paglaban sa fungal na gamot." Tulad ng sinabi ni Rhodes sa tagaloob, lumalaban sa droga Aspergillus ay naroroon "halos lahat ng dako," dahil sa ang katunayan na ang mga spores ng amag ay maaaring maglakbay sa hangin. Sa paggawa nito, ang mga spores ay maaari ring maikalat ang kanilang genetic na impormasyon sa iba pang mga kolonya ng amag na hindi pa kailangang harapin ang Azoles.

Ang impormasyong ito ay maaaring mukhang masiraan ng loob, ngunit maaari kang maging aktibo tungkol sa pagprotekta sa iyong sarili, sinabi ni Rhodes. Ang pag -iwan ng Windows Open ay makakatulong upang maiwasan ang pagbuo sa bahay, sinabi niya sa tagaloob, at kapag ang paghahardin o paghawak ng pag -aabono, kapaki -pakinabang din na magbigay ng isa sa mga mapagkakatiwalaang maskara ng N95.

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