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Article: Schools ban peanuts as precaution ; Since more children than ever have peanut allergies, which can be deadly, some schools take drastic action.
- Article from:
- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2003
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Schools ban peanuts as precaution ; Since more children than ever have
peanut allergies, which can be deadly, some schools take drastic action.
Byline: TOM BELL Staff Writer Beth Murphy, staff researcher, contributed
to this story.
Edition: Final
Section: FRONT
The peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a fixture of American childhood
for generations, is on the defensive these days in a growing number
of Maine elementary schools. The same goes for fluffernutters, Chex
Mix and granola bars.
For reasons that scientists can't quite pin down, more and more children
worldwide are developing allergies to peanuts and peanut byproducts.
For a small minority of those children, ...