On 8/12/2014 1:40 PM, sf wrote:
> 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.
>
>
All that GMO crap and terminator seeds, wouldn't surprise me at all.