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[quote=Anonymous]Has there ever been a documented case of a child having a severe allergic reaction because they interacted with trace amounts of an allergen on playground surfaces or similar? It sounds like the risk is infinitesimally small, and that really what would have to happen is that the child would have to get a critical amount of the allergy on their hands and then put their hands in their mouth or rub their eyes or nose. Like we're talking about a very specific situation.

I don't think we need to ban allergens at playgrounds. Agree encouraging kids to wipe hands after eating is a good idea just generally (even if peanut butter wasn't an allergen, I would still wipe my kids hands if she had peanut butter on her hands). Also people shouldn't let their kids eat on the equipment itself or run around with open containers, this just seems obvious. But beyond that, I don't really think allergens at playgrounds is an established threat that needs super high levels of vigilance from other families.

If someone was smearing peanut butter or soy on the equipment with their hands, or running round with a container of nuts, you have my permission to please ask them to stop doing that. But if someone's kid is just eating a PB&J at a picnic table, wiping up with a wet wipe, and then going down the slide, it really doesn't sound like this is going to kill anyone.[/quote]

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