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Article: Peanut and nut allergies by the numbers.(Life - Food)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2006
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Byline: SALLY SQUIRES Washington Post
Confused?
That's how a Lean Plate Club member from Maryland felt recently when a flight attendant asked passengers not to open any food that might contain nuts. The puzzle: The same airline served nuts on the outgoing fight.
Worried?
About whether a fellow passenger will eat nuts. "It would be quite devastating for me to, say, touch the airplane bathroom handle right after a passenger who has been eating almonds has left it," says a Lean Plate Club member who mistakenly fears that action alone could set off her almond allergy. "Same goes for armrests and tray tables."
Surprised?
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