MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — While our summer has been dry, many can’t say the same for their nose or eyes. Ragweed allergies are picking up steam.
“Ragweed is actually a very, very common weed that grows wild throughout the Midwest and Northeast,” said Dr. John Sweet, an allergist with Hennepin Healthcare.
Its leaves have a fern-like appearance with greenish-yellow flowers at the end of its branches. Sweet said just one single ragweed plant can generate a billion grains of pollen that can travel more than 100 miles…