Asha Patel, an immunology researcher, holding a collector (inset) from the Burkard Spore Trap. The trap collects pollen for a 48-hour period, which is then identified and sent out as a daily pollen and spore count to allergists, their patients and weather channels. - MCT
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Asha Patel knows more about what goes into your lungs than you do. Every weekday at 8am, the researcher climbs onto the roof of Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) in Pittsburgh to check a machine called a Burkard Spore Trap.
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