Margo Mead's wrote:
> To protect sufferers, many schools have declared
> classrooms peanut-free and set up "no-peanut zones" in
> cafeterias...
> 2) If schools are really doing this banning of peanut
products, I think they're setting themselves up for having
to do the same for those allergic to milk or wheat or eggs
or other common food allergens. After all, they're supposed
to treat all the students equally.

Some of the people on this list do have anaphylactic
reactions, even to very small amounts of milk.  Sure they
should be entitled to some space in the cafeteria that can
be guaranteed to be milk free.
At a co-worker's daughter's school they have a special desk
for a child with an extreme milk allergy.  No one can put
any milk-containing products on that desk.
Marking special tables in a cafeteria seems like an easy way
to keep children safe.

Re: increasing rates of peanut allergies
My theories on this are
1. fewer people die of peanut allergies due to treatment
with epinephrine, so they can pass this gene on.
2. more people are exposed to peanuts in utero and in breast
milk, and therefore are more likely to develop an allergy to
it.
Please comment!