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Article: FOOD ALLERGIES CAN BE DEADLY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 13, 1995
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Byline: LINDA SHRIEVES Orlando Sentinel
Food allergies are serious, but they don't get the attention that many allergists and allergy-sufferers would like.
``People just don't take food allergies seriously,'' said Anne Munoz-Furlong, president of the Food Allergy Network, a nonprofit group that helps allergy sufferers and educates the public.
``When a person with a food allergy turns down a particular food, people say, `Oh, one little bite won't hurt.' For some people, one little bite can be the last bite they take,'' Munoz-Furlong said. ``It's very frustrating to people with allergies.''
For people with food allergies not to be ...