On 8/12/2014 11:48 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/12/2014 1:26 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:14:36 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> It seems irresponsible because of all the folks who have peanut
>>> allergies.
>>> The residues get all over folks shoes and get tracked around. I
>>> think the
>>> practice should be forbidden on those grounds.
>>>>
>>
>> I think that peanut allergy thing is overblown and ridiculous. I know
>> absolutely NO one with a peanut allergy, and yet I know someone who
>> carries an epi pen at all times because she's that allergic to onions.
>> I even know someone who is allergic to beans, yes - beans (not the
>> green vegetable)! If I can know even one person with a weird allergy
>> like that and not a soul who is allergic to peanuts, it's overblown.
>>
>>
> After a few years of not doing so, they went back to giving out packets
> of peanuts on airplanes. I don't think I've ever met anyone who was
> allgeric to peanuts. Lord knows if it had been prevalent when I was in
> grade school none of us would have been able to bring our lunches to
> school - nearly everyone brought and ate PB&J sandwiches.
>
> Jill

Something has changed since those days:

http://content.time.com/time/health/...869095,00.html

Between 1997 and 2007, the number of children under 18 who suffered from
food allergies jumped 17%, according to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Experts don't disagree that the incidence of food
allergies has increased, but there isn't much consensus as to why.