Noshing With Asma Tahir – March 30, 2023

This week, Ira spoke with Asma Tahir, supervisor of the Pollen Monitoring Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in collaboration with the Clark County School Dis-trict. In this pollinated episode of “Ira’s Everything Bagel,” Asma talks about the origins of the program, which began in 2014; why UNLV is a National Allergy Bureau certified site; why pollen monitoring generates interest in the program from across the country; how pol-len is collected and how it is rated; and the unique machine, the Burkard, which is used as a sampler.