Amherst, MA --Academicians, researchers, experts and industry professionals from both the U.S. and abroad assembled for the annual Pan American Association of Aerobiology (PAAA) conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst last week. The meeting’s goal was to present research findings, as well as to learn and share knowledge about the sources, dispersal and deposition of airborne biological particles.

This article presents discussion of the assessment of the exposure of children to fungi, substances derived from fungi, and the environmental conditions that may lead to exposure.

For days now, a swollen Mississippi River has menacingly roamed far from its banks, devouring large swatches of picturesque river towns and some of the Midwest’s best farmlands.