What if your medicine could give you insights on your disease?

Between 1981 and 1987, emergency rooms in Barcelona experienced more than two dozen days when visits for asthma increased significantly. In total, the events sent more than 1,100 people to the hospital and, tragically, resulted in 20 deaths.

It took eight years for experts to identify the culprit: massive clouds of soybean dust caused by a lack of proper filters on harbor silos. Until then, soybean dust had never been identified as an allergen. People had no idea it could cause asthma attacks, so they weren’t looking for it.