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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent of kids with food allergies, there are differences in the way I perceive risk. I always assume there will be kids who eat a peanut butter sandwich and then play on a structure or get on the school bus. I can't control that. Now a person eating peanut foods next to them is another situation depending on whether there are airborne particles and if this person may touch my child or share a toy. I would be ok with a child calmly eating a peanut butter sandwich next to my kid. But if they are playing and laughing together she will probably react in some way. My kid knows nobody should get close to to her if they are eating. We've had reactions in her cousins' house where peanut butter and jelly are a staple and there's probably an invisible layer of peanut everywhere. She also reacts to airborne dairy in coffee shops and cafeteria. But for us these are not life threatening and I can remove her from the situation. I have heard of a kid dying from airborne fish allergens while visiting a relative who was cooking fish. 
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