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I don't get this, how does a passenger eating peanuts affect another passenger that's allergic to them?
by curiousgal 8y ago
I don't get this, how does a passenger eating peanuts affect another passenger that's allergic to them?
- Mirioron 8y agoThere are some people that have a very severe peanut allergy and peanut dust could float around in the cabin. If the plane is over an ocean and somebody has a medical emergency then there's nothing you can really do. So it's a better safe than sorry move.
- zaarn 8y agoThere is to my knowledge no scientific evidence that people's allergies can be triggered by "peanut vapor" nor do I know any confirmed stories or experienced someone's allergy being triggered by such "vapor". It's entirely a myth. In fact, a quick google brings up this page: https://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/peanut-air-travel https://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/peanut-air-travel
- Mirioron 8y agoI see that I was wrong. I didn't know it had been tested this thoroughly.
- pattle 8y agoThe air inside a plane gets continually recirculated and some people have such a severe allergy that even the smallest traces can causes a bad reaction.
- TomK32 8y agoWouldn't a face mask help them?
- purerandomness 8y agoYou still need to breathe air, and that has to come from somewhere. Face masks are effectively preventing droplet infections, but probably wouldn't prevent traces of peanut from being inhaled.
- NikolaeVarius 8y agoEvidence of claims?
- foxyv 8y agoYes, a simple dusk filter would prevent peanut dust from being inhaled. If it gets on their skin though I don't know how someone normally reacts. May be too small to cause an issue or who knows?
- xaqfox 8y agoYou are mistaken about the recirculation. The air gets replaced fairly quickly due to how they maintain positive cabin pressure.
- NikolaeVarius 8y agoSo? Air is constantly refreshed many times per hour and any recirculated air is filtered.
- zaarn 8y agoPeanut dust isn't airborne for any significant amount of time nor does it seem to be capable of causing any reactions even at the dust levels detecting right where someone is eating a peanut: https://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/peanut-air-travel https://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/peanut-air-travel
- Maskawanian 8y agoIt would likely depend on proximity and cross contamination.