Posted on 02/16/2009 10:33:29 AM PST by TaraP
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The return of peanuts to the snack menu at Northwest Airlines this month has prompted a spasm of protests from travelers with allergies.. The change comes four months after Northwest merged with Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and in the midst of a national salmonella outbreak involving Peanut Corporation of America. Georgia, where the company has a plant, is the top peanut-producing state in the country. Northwest began handing out the goobers as snacks on February 1, as Delta has been doing for years. In Minneapolis, where Northwest is based, news of the change has resulted in a flood of responses on the Web site of the Star Tribune, a local newspaper. "This is a very disappointing development," wrote one man who responded to the story. "My wife's allergy is so severe that if someone is sitting next to her and eating peanuts, the odor is enough to trigger an allergic reaction." "Northwest is really out of touch with its customers and the reality of allergies to peanuts," wrote another reader. "What's wrong with pretzels?"
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(not an answer to your question but...) I used to work with a man who was deathly allergic to NUTS but could eat peanuts, because (he said) that peanuts are PEAS not nuts. Anyone know?
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I like that idea.
“The return of peanuts to the snack menu at Northwest Airlines this month has prompted a spasm of protests from travelers with allergies”
I am allergic people with huge butts, but I don’t recall any attempt by the airlines to ban them from sitting next to me.
Im sorry to hear about that its amazing how some people can take pride in the fact they act like total tool regarding other peoples health...
They are not saying ‘I should have a right to do X’ they are saying ‘Even though X makes you ill I have a right to do it so I will be sure to do it in your face’...
Its really not all that dissimilar in effect than militant gays.
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