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Health and Welfare
UK Rooftop Device Measures Pollen
Credit Lexington Herald-Leader file photo
A Burkard spore trap sits on the roof of the University Health Services Building. UK is an area reporter for pollen and mold. Daily readings can help allergy sufferers and allergists know what to expect.
On the roof of the University of Kentucky Health Services building sits a device the shape and size of the propeller on a toy airplane. What it gathers each weekday from March until the end of October determines whether you have — or will get — a bad case of pollen-related sniffles. It is a measuring point, one of only a few in the state, for pollen and mold.
