Christmas tree growers in Atlantic Canada are monitoring the spread of a disease and looking for ways to combat it.

Real Christmas trees may also contain pesticides, dust, insect droppings and mold that may trigger minor to severe allergic reactions. A 2011 study published in the journal Annals of Allergy ...

Rows of Christmas trees growing outside of Boone, North Carolina. Getty Images/iStockphoto "Climate change has been happening and kind of creeping up for decades now.

Each year, nearly 30 million Americans purchase a real tree for the holidays. Growing the perfect Christmas tree takes about seven years, during which farmers need to keep insects, fungal pathogens ...