Dec 15, 2008 08:55
"Thereare no doubt thousands of parents who rid their cupboards of peanut butter butnot of guns."
- Nicholas Christakis, Harvard Medical School professor, from a commentaryposted on the British Medical Journal's website arguing that measures taken toremove peanuts from public spaces are an overreaction to the threat of allergicreaction. He pointed out that 150 people die in the United States annually from food allergies, whereas 1,300 die from gun accidents.
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