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coey
June 22, 2010 5:28 pm

What many people who are supporting a ban are forgetting (or omitting) is if someone has such a severe peanut allergy that a reaction occurs when breathing or touching something else that has been contaminated (ie cross-contamination), then *all* aircrafts that have ever had peanuts aboard are contaminated. Banning future peanuts doesn’t change that cross-contamination is already in place and it’s already a life-threatening environment. What is the solution… replace all aircrafts? Not feasible. I, too, suffer from a life-threatening food allergy; but I do not expect the world to change for me. I adjust to the world; if I think there’s a chance that I will be exposed to my food “poison,” I don’t go there. It’s inconvenient and sometimes a hardship… more »

…for me, but I’m the one with the allergy. Unfortunately, there are no guarantees in this world. Even if peanuts are banned, what is to prevent one passenger from having a bag on his/her person and coming aboard? Will that person be criminally charged if someone has a reaction? Will they be sued? Probably. The problem is that banning peanuts alone won’t make life on a plane safer; it’ll only be as safe as fellow passengers or airline staff taking precautions for the risk and, frankly, those who don’t have or know anyone who has life-threatening allergies have no idea how easily cross-contamination can occur. As someone with such an allergy, there’s no way I would place my trust for my life on strangers to take precautions for my allergy. Banning isn’t a real solution; finding a cure is. « less
mulder
June 22, 2010 10:12 pm

There already is a cure; it just isn’t available yet.


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