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Article: You're all nuts!
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- December 10, 2008
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Byline: Jenny Hope
PARENTS are in the grip of 'nut hysteria' which is fuelling irrational fears about allergic reactions to peanuts, a leading academic has claimed.
He says society is 'grossly over-reacting' to the dangers posed by nut allergies, and that measures intended to curb exposure are actually making the problem worse.
And he warns concerns have become so extreme in the U.S.
that a school bus was evacuated and decontaminated after a peanut was left on the floor.
Schools are also declaring themselves 'nut free zones' with a ban on peanut butter, home-baked goods and any foods without ingredient labels.
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