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Peanut allergies are not increasing, so it’s time you get that idea out of your head. There is no scientific evidence to support that tired, old claim.
Smoking on an airliner can indeed cause a medical emergency within moments. People opening packages of peanuts cannot; it’s never happened on any U.S. based flight in all the years of airlines operating. That alone is ample evidence that the possibility is so remote as to be statistically non-existent.
People who subscribe to worst-case scenario thinking are creating needless anxiety for themselves and others, which leaves them feeling powerless and vulnerable. Instead of trying to shift your irrational fears onto others along with your responsibility for your own condition, get professional help.
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i’m for an outright ban on serving peanuts & peanut products on planes. i don’t have an allergy, but i’m amazed at how many people i know who do. and that population is only growing.
if smoking has been successfully banned, something as potentially deadly as nuts should be. if someone lights up a cigarette it’s not going to cause a medical emergency within moments. several people opening their nut packets could.
if i want to eat nuts, i’ll go home & stuff myself with nuts. but during a flight, for the safety – not preference – of others, i can refrain.
a person can die w/in minutes from peanut products – can a life be saved inflight w/in this time frame? http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21471171/