On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:00:11 -0600, Mayo > wrote:

> 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.
>
>
Let's blame Monsanto. They're my favorite whipping boy.


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