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Anyone have allergies fron living on a gravel (dirt) road?

We live on a gravel road, and every time someone comes down it our house gets dusted out. Has anyone had bad allergies from this?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The problem associated with gravel roads is traffic-generated dust. This involves public economics and environmental quality and is also a nuisance to the public (Hoover J.M. et al., 1981). But even then dust is more than just a nuisance from unpaved roads:

    By obscuring the vision of drivers, dust clouds are traffic hazards.

    Dust particulate can be carried several hundreds of feet, penetrating nearby homes and covering crops. Crop growth can be stunted due to the shading effect and clogged plant pores.

    In human health dust is a common cause of allergies and hay fever and a conveyor of diseases according to a United Nation study (United Nations

  • There are some people with bad dust allergies, but not too many. The biggest problem will be the dust getting in your nose and causing you to sneeze, but no allergic reaction.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's most likely just the dust that is produced by moving gravel. You're probably not allergic, your body is just sneezing out the dust it inhaled.

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    5 years ago

    I survive a airborne dirt and dirt street, yet it particularly is so stupid, it particularly is in simple terms ridiculous no longer having it paved now, I asked city to have it accomplished ASAP and am so satisfied have been having the line blacktopped this month, approximately time, ask your self what took see you later ?Blacktop is plenty nicer and smoother-a actual excitement-uncomplicated breezy and svelte. i'm so satisfied I asked to blacktop the line now YA !! (i in my opinion like it paved-it's going to be so fantastically accomplished)

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