[Two-Bits]

Please do not take this as giving you a hard time. I am sorry that your children are faced with these obstacles but
I am an unyoung woman and peanut butter/peanuts has been a staple as common as white bread and milk for all the time I have been blessed to be on this earth. For all those years, I have never once seem, heard, or knew of anyone who had died from allergies to peanuts. Only in the last ten years has this been an issue. My question is why is this a life threatening issue now and not then in the forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties etc.......Again, I not trying to give you a hard time but I would really like to know so I can understand this better.

[PilloryHillary]

There seem to be many reasons that food allergies are on the rise....
http://preventdisease.com/news/articles/peanut_allergies_more_common.shtml
Nut and peanut allergies may be getting more common in children, doubling over the past five years in the United States, researchers reported.
Peanut allergies affect an estimated 1.5 million Americans and 200 people die every year from severe allergic reactions, called anaphylactic reactions, to peanuts.

[OldFriend]

My son is nearly 30.......a little boy he played with when he was a toddler nearly died when he went into shock from an allergic reaction to peanuts.

Is that far back enough for you.

Having been in the health field for nearly 45 yrs. I assure you that because you did not hear of something does not mean it didn't exist.

The means of disseminating information has changed greatly......as I am sure you noticed since you are online.