Should Peanuts Be Banned From Schools?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? 61% are in favor of this ban…so, thinking along these lines, we have to BAN ALL FOOD, because someone is allergic to them!
Isn’t anyone responsible for themselves anymore?
I don’t know why I am surprised, after all, nothing has been done and no one seems concerned about our rights and freedoms taken away from Americans by bushs home land security and apparently obama isn’t going to rectify this atrocity…and no one seems concerned about that either!
What has become of the people in America? They have become a bunch of mindless morons, no longer capable of thinking for themselves, content to be lead around and controlled by a government(that is controlled by big money and big corporations) that has no concern or respect for them or this once great county.

Tony, I do hope no one close to you ever develops the peanut allergy. My 4 year old grand-daughter has it in severe form and has nearly died twice. She doesn’t have to ingest a single peanut to get a severe reaction. Thank god Australian food companies and Australian schools are more enlightened and know that children have died from this, and do what they can to assist with this growing problem.

Hey, I have a 7 year old daughter that is allergy to shellfish and fish. She can’t have nothing to be with ocean and fresh water seafood and fish. My question is what can she not eat or be around! Because there are different foods that’s has stuff that’ she can’t have I would like to know more about my daugter’s shellfish and fish allergy. I have something off the internet and from her doctor but I would like more because her doctor said that she can die from this.

My daughter was allergic to milk. School teachers insisted she drink it anyway althugh she had upset stomachs.

If we ban peanuts, what will be next? It seems like a good idea, but I really don’t think it should be done for the simple fact of it being a stepping stone to more drastic measures for other foods/items.

Instead of talking about “rights” and opinions, let’s look at the science behind food allergies. Less than 1% of children and adults in U.S. have peanut allergy, so although you hear a lot about it, it’s not exactly “common”. The other food allergens such as dairy, egg, shellfish/fish, soy, etc. get less press, but all food allergens have the potential to cause anaphylaxis with ingestion. The key word is ingestion. Casual contact such as skin contact with peanut butter, or any other allergen, can cause localized reactions, but not anaphylaxis, and pure odor without aerosolized proteins can’t cause reactions. Highly refined peanut oil used for frying is non-allergenic as opposed to gourmet cold-pressed peanut oil used for flavorings/dressings. Reference the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network website or the article “Management of food allergies in schools: A perspective for allergiests” in the Aug 2009 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology for factual information about allergies, and also practical preventative measures such as no sharing of food, washing hands after eating, cleaning eating surfaces routinely, and allergen-free tables that are recommended instead of banning any specific food at school. Education about recognition and responding to allergic/anaphylaxic reactions and having access to and using Epi-Pens should be emphasized in schools, not whether or not to ban peanuts, nuts, dairy, egss, etc, especially since 25% of allergic reactions are in people without known allergies, and this can happen to other foods besides peanuts in school.