LogFAQs > #976657889

LurkerFAQs, Active DB, DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6, DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, Database 12 ( 11.2023-? ), Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	I'm so glad that I don't have a nut allergy...
adjl 10/14/23 6:02:03 PM #22:	Ozmose posted... Nut allergies are apparently almost exclusive to the Americas. I've heard it suggested that nut allergies might be linked to the fact that peanuts are often used as a cleaner crop and therefore pick up a lot of random chemicals in trace amounts from the soil they're cleaning. I'm not sure if that's a regional thing, but if it is it could explain regional differences in allergy rates. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:976657889] in I'm so gla... [t:80591941]...</cite> <quote>Ozmose posted... </cite><quote>Nut allergies are apparently almost exclusive to the Americas.</quote>I've heard it suggested that nut allergies might be linked to the fact that peanuts are often used as a cleaner crop and therefore pick up a lot of random chemicals in trace amounts from the soil they're cleaning. I'm not sure if that's a regional thing, but if it is it could explain regional differences in allergy rates. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1