Quercetin May Cause Red Wine Headaches | Worsening Wildfires Are Undoing Air Quality Progress

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A new theory pins the throbbing pain of a red wine headache on quercetin, an antioxidant in grape skins. Plus, wildfires in the Western US have not only lowered air quality, but led to increased deaths between 2000 and 2020.