I wonder if the boy may have had an additonal reaction to free gas fumes from unburned natural gas.  Do you use an electric stove?   [log in to unmask]


On Tue, 30 October 2001, Juliann Seebauer wrote:

>
> >My son's last reaction was from milk boiling on the stove.  He didn't eat it,
> >didn't touch and was at least twenty feet away, but he still reacted to
> >inhaling the protien.
> >
> >E.J.
>
> That's possible, because what's floating in the air (milk/steam) may
> not have been cooked and denatured. The milk protein may have been
> carried up with the steam. The steam temperature may not be high (or
> long enough of duration) to cook the protein, so it stays intact. My
> son had that same problem when he was young (I haven't cooked much
> milk since then).


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