Image by evening_tao on Freepik A study in Japanese children has found that early-life exposure to residential "greenness" was associated with a decreased risk of atopic dermatitis. The study authors describe greenness as vegetation such as trees, grass, and other plants, whether in planned areas such as parks and street trees or in unplanned natural regions. Published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, the study evaluated data from 14,932 children in the Tohoku Medical Meg