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Originally Posted by metal_geek
. Alot of people believe as peanut protein has been put into almost everything people have eaten, that it triggers changes in successive generations. Basically each generation is more susceptible to the allergy then the one before..
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That sounds like Lamarckian inheritance, so I guess "alot of people" would be wrong. I can eat 50 billion peanuts and it isn't going to affect how my offspring are affected by peanut allergies.
The whole "allergies kill!" thing is way overhyped. In 2005, out of 2.4 million deaths in the USA,
18 were from anaphylaxis (extreme allergic reaction). Unless you are directly affected, in which case the onus is on YOU to be careful, expecting everyone else to change their life to mitigate such a comparatively miniscule chance of harm is ridiculous.
Note that I have nothing against labelling products that might provoke allergic reactions. That's sensible enough, but the idea that peanuts are an unholy scourge from which innocent children must be protected at all costs is a crock.