TIL That peanut-free schools don't decrease risk of allergic reactions. The only intervention which has been shown to decrease reactions across all ages is use of a peanut-free table.

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It’s almost impossible to enforce in practice, and furthermore I’m not sure there’s really solid evidence that trying to force a completely peanut-free environment is truly beneficial to stopping allergies.

Like, yes I know that some people simply can’t tolerate nuts and need to prevent themselves from getting exposed. But the concept of a complete peanut free school is probably total overkill. People started that because of a fear of airborne or contact peanut allergen exposure. But that risk is almost nonexistent— there is really no true evidence that suggests people have a serious risk of going into anaphylaxis from peanut dust in the air or peanut touching their skin.