Dpumpkin wrote:What do you base this information on?

Stuff I've read and stored in my brain. I'll get some links, though,

http://directoryofstlouis.com/blog/peanut-allergy-are-misdiagnosed-66-of-the-time/

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1869095,00.html (there is a study that failed to replicate an airborne reaction, but I cannot find it and can't acess academic journals from home)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17935569
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11905816

Death rate for anaphalaxis in US, 500-1000 fatalities per year
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/135065-overview
Asthma death rate is 3,300 direct and 7,000 where it contributed to the death
http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=8&sub=42

Dpumpkin wrote:Hey my kid has peanut allergy and if you visited us at our house, you'd realize we're not that clean!

Same here! (except it's me and not a child) I prefer my house to look "lived in" as opposed to "Museum-like". Creeps me out.

And to they guy Dpumpkin was replying to: I think it's pretty common knowledge now not to over sanitize things because it becomes less effective (less of a reaction, even?) over time. Just because we have allergies does not mean we are stupid or brought it on ourselves. Majority of people are just born with it!