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Article: TAKE FOOD ALLERGIES SERIOUSLY; THE WRONG BITE MAY BE LIFE THREATENING.(FOOD)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 22, 1996
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Byline: Linda Shrieves Orlando Sentinel
Don't think food allergies are risky business?
Two years ago, an 8-year-old Michigan girl who was allergic to beans died after visiting a playmate's house. The girl hadn't eaten any beans; a pot of beans was on the stove and the fumes from the kitchen sent the girl into anaphylactic shock. She died before rescuers could treat her.
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 ...