Peanut Allergy Exposure Occurs Most Often at Home, Study Says

For children with peanut allergies, home is more dangerous than school, researchers say.

The Canadian study also found schools that ban peanut products are not less likely to have an accidental exposure occur than schools that don't have these policies in place.

"Our study looked at 1,941 children who had been diagnosed as being allergic to peanuts to determine how exposure occurs, how serious the outcomes of the exposure are, and what treatment is given," said the study's first author, Sabrine Cherkaoui, of the University of Montreal.  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_152475.html