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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Okay, well you didn't answer my other question.
Has anyone in the history of the world died from exposure to "peanut dust" on an airplane.
Hell, I'd like to know if anyone has ever actually even been hospitalized.
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Caroline's United Airlines flight was forced to land early so she could be whisked to an emergency room. The release of peanut dust into the cabin from several hundred open peanut bags apparently set off her reaction. A Mayo Clinic study suggests the situation was not unusual. Researchers found quantities of peanut allergens in the ventilation systems of several commercial airplanes. Some airlines, like Northwest and Southwest, say they'll pull peanuts in flights with allergic passengers, but Caroline's parents say when they asked United to do that on a subsequent flight, the airline said no.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/healt...nut_12-19.html
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If the "dust" from such a common substance is "potentially fatal" then people would be having reactions all the time. Do they? Does it happen?
Can someone with such a severe peanut allergy even walk past the bulk food section at the grocery store?
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"There are true risks when ... enough peanut protein is really being disturbed. So if people are cracking open peanuts, especially in a confined space, a waiting area of a restaurant, you could have a very severe reaction because there's enough peanut airborne there," said Dr. Robert Wood of Johns Hopkins University.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/condi...nut.allergies/