Article: Peanut and nut allergies by the numbers.(Life - Food)

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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