> > 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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