In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote
>
> > "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
> >> Because some kid might have a peanut allergy that will prove to be
> >> lethal.
>
> > It's amazing isn't it just how very _deadly_ p-nut allergies are? And it seems to be getting more common.
> >
> > Parents have to read ALL store labels so carefully as peanut oil use is
> > rampant.
>
> Yeah, I don't know what is going on, kids didn't have constant earaches
> that required tubes, either, when I was a kid.
>
> nancy
>
>

Theory goes that kids are too protected nowadays.
They don't go outside and play, eat dirt, etc. so are not exposed to as
much. Being too protected supposedly weakens the immune system and
leaves you _more_ vulnerable to disease.

That's one reason I'm not anal about keeping food and water in baby
chick brooders that clean. I clean them once per day no matter how much
they poop in it. I've never had sick babies from doing that. ;-)

Not sure what that might have to do with allergies tho'?
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Om.

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