On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:57:18 -0600, Alan wrote:

>On 31 Oct 2004 05:24:57 GMT, ospam (DJS0302)
>wrote:
>
>>>What's more, I'd like to know where all the people with these deadly
>>>allergies were in the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, and early '90s. I never
>>>heard of allergies like these until recent years, although I knew
>>>plenty of people allergic to dust, pollen, pet dander, wool, etc., and
>>>I don't think anyone died from those.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Wayne in Phoenix

It was becoming an issue in the 80s and 90s. It was an issue for one
of my baby sister's classmates in 1984. A girl in Ottawa died from her
allergy in June of this year. See
http://www.cbc.ca/outfront/listen/2003/oct0603.html for the story and
audio link. She did a piece about living with a deadly allergy the
year before on CBC Radio One's Outfront series. Unfortunately, that
piece is no longer available in the CBC Radio Outfront past show
archive.

There have been some ideas as to what is triggering development of
deadly allergies, some pertaining to early exposure to peanut proteins
in breast milk.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/nati...gy010404.htmlI
think the interesting part will be determining why it is an issue now,
and not for earlier generations.
See
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/nati...uts030710.html
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/nati...rgy030401.html
http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/nationa...re_030310.html
for more info.

Shirley Hicks
Toronto, Ontario


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