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1983: HAY FEVER HELMETS? You're Pollen Our Leg! | BBC News | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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2:41Now PlayingHelp is at hand for the millions of perennial hay fever sufferers, in the form of both a snazzy new invention and the establishment of the National Pollen and Hay Fever Bureau.
Hay fever helmets surround wearers' heads with pollen-free fresh air, enabling people with seasonal allergic rhinitis to not only venture outside in the hottest and brightest of months, but look stylish to boot.
The National Pollen and Hay Fever Bureau will given nationwide pollen forecasts. Dr Paul Dowding explains to science correspondent James Wilkinson how the forecasts will work, and what benefits they will bring to people with hay fever.
Judith Stamper introduces the report.
Originally broadcast 21 April, 1983.
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