[fanfan]

This is making me sick.

[fanfan]

[Kozak]

So they need to ban:
Peanuts
Nuts
Eggs
Wheat
Gluten
MSG
etc
etc
etc

[bert]

The screening should be for kids unfit for being in public

[goldstategop]

Why stop at kids with allergies...

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[samtheman]

This is exactly the kind of thinking Huckabee will be bringing to the WH.

[Slapshot68]

When I was growing up (in the 80s) the kids with severe allergies ate in a different lunch area altogether.

Being a parent, why risk it? Just have your kid eat somewhere other than the main cafeteria and you’re good to go.

[eXe]

Yeah its nuts.. and if its starting in Canada, you can bet its coming here soon.

We worry about shootings, and guns in schools.. but who knew Little Johnny would become a deadly threat with a peanut in his pocket.. lol

I’m half amazed kids have not tried to sneak in peanuts into schools these days for whatever reason.

[Shelayne]

Well, I would have to pull my kids out of school because the only kind of sandwich they WANT to bring is a PB&J.

Seriously, how did we survive all these years without the Allery Police dictating what we can have in our lunchboxes?

Please.

[TexasGunLover]

Our 1 year old has a potentially deadly peanut allergy, but this seems way beyond what is necessary. By the time kids are in school, they should be able to know what not to eat if they have one of these allergies.

[untrained skeptic]

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology estimates that from two to four per cent of children and one to two per cent of adults have allergic reactions to food, most commonly peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, fish, milk, egg, wheat, soy and sesame.

I have allergic reactions to a number of foods, but the reactions I have are minor.

I have to imagine that despite there being more and more people with such allergies, that those with life threatening allergies are still rare, and among those most would still need to ingest a reasonable amount of the food to which they are allergic before they would have a serious reaction.

Are they worried about some kid who should know better eating some other kid's food and having a reaction? Can someone provide some insight about what exactly they are concerned about?

[ari-freedom]

there should be a new theory called Survival of the Weakest.

[DoughtyOne]

I ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches nearly every day in grade school. (Frankly, I loved it.)

I’m not aware of any children harmed during that eight years.

If these children are so brittle they can’t be exposed to normal food products, they should eat in a separate area.

It is preposterous what is taking place these days, with the PC crowd run amuk.

Folks, some people have a light sensitivity. Better find some way to block out the sun quick.

[bamahead]

ping.

[crazyhorse691]

I can seriously see such a thing happening in Portland Public Schools...proponents just say “it’s for the children” and half of the electorate would gladly vote in extra taxes to pay for the food police.

[texson66]

Better idea: if your kid is that allergic to some foods, then the school should provide a room for thier lunch time. Use as many rooms as possible! Better than Food Nazis! “No lunch for you!”

[Iron Munro]

"Nothing is too much when we're talking about kids' safety,"

This would not apply, of course, to the ones that did not make it past the abortionists' scalpel.

What is a school lunch for a healthy kid without the occasional peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

We are in an era when the limits and desires of the weak and of minorities are becoming government enforced boundaries for the majority.

How long before healthy kids are not allowed to run, skip, jump, whistle, sing or dance because some others can't do it, can't do it as well, or just don't like it?

[petitfour]

Our son is allergic to a medication called ASPIRIN. Should he be banned from sports because some quack parent has rubbed Icy Hot all over his/her son’s elbow/knee/shoulder during a practice and then the IcyHot/aspirin has made its way into every baseball glove on the team because it doesn’t just medicate little Johnny?

[doc30]

If these products are so dangerous, they need to be banned completely. No peanuts or peanut butter, no egg products ever, etc. Then everyone can live a safe, miserable life.

[CholeraJoe]

peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, fish, milk, egg, wheat, soy and sesame.

So what are the normal kids expected to do? Eat dirt?

[pby]

As a parent of a child with a life-threatening peanut allergy (doctor said that it was "off the charts" and said that he has "less than ten minutes to live after ingesting a peanut product"), I understand the concern, and fear, of these kids and their parents.

Some time ago, at home, my kid ingested a trace amount of peanut, on an apple, that was handled by someone who had handled peanuts. Within a couple of minutes, he started to turn blue/gray and was unable to breathe.

When the reaction started and he knew that his airway was closing up, he looked at me with wide eyes and choked out: "I don't want to die."

Thankfully, the epinephrene was fast acting, the e.m.t.s arrived quickly (less than ten minutes from 911 call), and his reaction was reversible(thank you, God).

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't pray for him when he leaves for school.

Again, thankfully, his school, school nurse, and friends, have been excellent and have worked with us in establishing a peanut free table and an emergency plan of action (just in case).

While I don't agree with the nanny state approach, I certainly understand the associated concerns.