> > This is no doubt true. But an observation: I think that far more people
>are
> > allergic to peanuts than to the true nuts.
>
>I don't have any comparison figures. About one percent of the
>adult population have actual food allergies.
I don't have figures, either. But look at food labels. They often say 'may
contain peanut oil' even when peanuts and peanut oil are not ingredients.
This is to avoid a lawsuit from someone allergic to peanuts. I also remeber
reading one airline stopped serving peanuts after too many in-flight
allergic reactions. I don't remember the source, sorry, but I think that
assumption is correct.
Dori Zook
Denver, CO
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