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turn2/16/2009 1:45:46 pm PST

re: #655 Empire1

According to what I just found in this study, it’s currently about 1.5 million people in the US with peanut allergies. With about 305 million people in the country, that’s roughly 0.5%, if my math is right.

Thanks Empire, I’ll do diligence on this later. BTW that article mentioned a sensitization to peanut oil. I’ve found out I’m good with most peanut oils although I don’t make a habit out of using them or eating foods that contain them. Something in the refining process must filter out the proteins that get me. Oh and just one more peanut factoid, the peanut is not a nut it is part of the legume (pea) family which explains why turn can eat every nut he runs across just as long as they aren’t packaged with peanuts.