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The idea that some people are extraordinarily sensitive to peanuts, to the degree that they can't be in the same room as someone eating a Snickers bar, is bunk.
by cfj 7y ago
The idea that some people are extraordinarily sensitive to peanuts, to the degree that they can't be in the same room as someone eating a Snickers bar, is bunk. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology states[0]:
> There is no evidence to support peanut vapor as a cause of reactions or that peanut dust itself circulates and causes reactions.
I am a little surprised to see such uncritical propagation of this myth on HN.
[0] https://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/peanut-air-travel https://www.aaaai.org/ask-the-expert/peanut-air-travel
- nathanaldensr 7y agoThank you for the link. Your type of comments are why I love HN. :)
- eindiran 7y agoFrom your link: > Investigators concluded that the risk of exposure to peanut on an airplane stems from potentially contaminated surfaces and not from airborne levels. I've literally had someone spill their food on me on a plane, so direct contact is certainly not out of the question.