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Peanut Ban In Schools

I received a note this week from parents who were upset about a peanut ban at their North Carolina school -- all because someone’s child has an allergy. But peanut bans in schools make sense if even one child has a known, potentially fatal allergy. Young children love to share lunches -- whether or not their parents instruct them otherwise. School parents need to understand that a child can die even when peanut products are simply being served from the same kitchen. For these reasons, almost half of the deaths from peanut allergies occur at school. Non- allergic children can have all the peanut butter and jelly they want -- at home!



Alan Greene MD FAAP
August 18, 1999




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