Are you a parent of a child who has an allergy? Share your thoughts.

[CBC News]

An allergy specialist in Nova Scotia is working on a plan that could see a banned substance back in schools — peanut butter.
Dr. Wade Watson, with the IWK Health Centre's allergy division says the issue is about education, not banning foods, he says, because simply restricting foods creates a false sense of security.
"Part of the problem is when people hear 'allergen-free environment,' that means there's no chance that I'm going to have an allergic reaction. I think that's a mistake. What we're trying to do is have an allergen-aware environment."
New guidelines in Nova Scotia are expected to be released this month. It will be up to each school to decide. This means some schools, like those with younger students in particular, may keep their peanut butter restriction in place while others lift it.
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An allergy specialist in Nova Scotia is working on a plan that could see a banned substance back in schools — peanut butter.
Dr. Wade Watson, with the IWK Health Centre's allergy division says the issue is about education, not banning foods, he says, because simply restricting foods creates a false sense of security.
"Part of the problem is when people hear 'allergen-free environment,' that means there's no chance that I'm going to have an allergic reaction. I think that's a mistake. What we're trying to do is have an allergen-aware environment."
New guidelines in Nova Scotia are expected to be released this month. It will be up to each school to decide. This means some schools, like those with younger students in particular, may keep their peanut butter restriction in place while others lift it.
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No children but if I did have them, I would make sure that I knew about their allergies.

 

[karrie]

An allergist here in Edmonton recently released a similar article, and promptly had to deal with the floods of criticism for suggesting that peanut allergies aren't the death sentence we've been conditioned to think they are. Personally, he made some really good points, and if it could mean that I could send my kids their fave sandwiches to school again, I'd be all for a reintroduction of peanuts.

 

[Twila]

Dr. Wade Watson, with the IWK Health Centre's allergy division says the issue is about education, not banning foods, he says, because simply restricting foods creates a false sense of security.
"Part of the problem is when people hear 'allergen-free environment,' that means there's no chance that I'm going to have an allergic reaction. I think that's a mistake. What we're trying to do is have an allergen-aware environment."

He's right. Bubble wrapping the world is a bad policy.