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Thank you for your comments. Do you have suggestions on how airlines could enforce the ban on the plane if peanuts are still sold in airports?
Also, you should check out the discussion on tarmac delays and how proposals of debarking the plane when there are delays may impact an airlines ability to implement a ban on peanuts on board. What do you think?
Mallone – so you will not wear any toxic petro based products for ME? Do you even know you are wearing such products (yes you are)… read the labels and get back to me. (unless all you use, wear and clean with are 100 percent based on all chemicals that cause others life threatening reactions, and even so called natural ones such as Citrus oils…. so again, one group is “protected” (they will not be I assure you) and others ignored. Why is that.
No, allergies are not disabilities, and therefore you get no special treatment under the ADA. Federal courts have consistently ruled this way.
Other than death by choking, it IS NOT a fact that peanuts kill people. It is a fact that they provide a very nutritious snack that children will actually eat. If your paranoid imaginings are too sever for you to allow the rest of the traveling public to enjoy a snack in peace, STAY HOME!
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As I read through all the comments opposed to the peanut ban, I am amazed as to why some people feel it’s more important to fight for the right to consume the snack of their choice, over the chance to help protect the life of another human being. Is this really a comparison?!?!?
It is a fact that peanuts DO KILL people. Yes, it is a small percentage of the current population – what is the cost of one life to you if it’s your family, your neighbor, your child? And keep in mind, peanut allergies have doubled over the last five years. So perhaps it will not be such a small percentage soon. I think it is a sad statement on our society that this even is a debatable issue.
I would support a complete ban of peanuts and peanut products on aircraft carriers, as they are a confined,… more »
In the future, I would also support a ban of ANY SUBSTANCE proven to cause death … peanuts are not the only food. Tree nuts and shellfish can be just as deadly. And if it was proven that perfume, body odor or bad breath (as some of the other commentators compared this issue to) was shown to cause death, then yes, those should be banned as well.
It will not kill anyone to NOT EAT peanuts during the course of one flight. I WILL KILL someone with food allergies if they accidentally do. « less
When a food allergy is life-threatening (and known to cause anaphylaxis), it considered a disability under federal laws such as Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
In other words, people with severe peanut allergies have the right to be protected.