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Article: HANSCOM DEPENDENT SPEAKS TO CONGRESSMEN ABOUT SEVERE FOOD ALLERGIES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 10, 2007
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The U.S. Air Force Material Command issued the following press release:
By 2nd Lt. C. Michaela Walrond 66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
According to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, one in every 25 Americans has a food allergy, equating to approximately 12 million people in the United States -- of that number, 150 to 200 people die annually as a result.
This staggering statistic, along with the increasing rise in food allergies, prompted over 100 children and teenagers to travel to Washington, D.C. recently. Among them was a 6-year-old child from Hanscom.
Coral Dennison, who has severe food allergies to eggs, peanuts and tree nuts and moderate food allergies to wheat and soy, ...