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Peanut allergies ... just don't understand
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 392527" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Lisa--</p><p> </p><p>I think you've hit the nail on the head here!</p><p> </p><p>I remember an article from years ago (when peanut allergies were on the rise) that suggested that folks were not allergic to the peanut--but to the pesticides that the peanuts are soaked in before processing!</p><p> </p><p>Evidently, when peanuts are dug up from the ground, they are accompanied by all kinds of ground-dwelling insects....so when the truckload of peanuts, dirt an creepy-crawlies arrive at the plant for processing, the entire truckload is hosed off with an insecticide and left to sit overnight. The next morning when the insects are all dead, the peanuts are unloaded and processed into food products.</p><p> </p><p>Sounds like just as good a theory as any....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 392527, member: 6546"] Lisa-- I think you've hit the nail on the head here! I remember an article from years ago (when peanut allergies were on the rise) that suggested that folks were not allergic to the peanut--but to the pesticides that the peanuts are soaked in before processing! Evidently, when peanuts are dug up from the ground, they are accompanied by all kinds of ground-dwelling insects....so when the truckload of peanuts, dirt an creepy-crawlies arrive at the plant for processing, the entire truckload is hosed off with an insecticide and left to sit overnight. The next morning when the insects are all dead, the peanuts are unloaded and processed into food products. Sounds like just as good a theory as any.... [/QUOTE]
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