You might want to think twice about the fall decor you bring into your home.

According to the allergist and immunologist who heads Loyola Medicine's pollen count in Chicago, Dr. Rachna Shah, levels of mold are the highest they've been since 2014 in the area.

"Some of the stuff that we use to decorate - like pumpkins and corn stalks or other things of that nature - can be teaming with mold," Shah told NBC Chicago. "So keeping those decorations outside rather than indoors can also be helpful in keeping that mold outside instead of bringing it into our homes."

According to Shah, recent rain and warmer temps combined with the start of decaying leaves and other materials have led to the elevated mold counts, particularly a type of mold called cladosporium.

Tuesday's pollen county showed rec

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