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Lianne Mandelbaum

@nonuttraveler.bsky.social
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Food allergy advocate-Founder nonuttraveler.com -✈️Airline Correspondent AllergicLiving.com ✍️KevinMD HuffPo Mighty Contributor💪Fighting #empathy deficit towards #foodallergies 1 story at a time 💡

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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
🕯️ One more young life lost to food-induced anaphylaxis. 
We cannot keep building awareness on the backs of grieving parents. This must stop. 📣 Read. Share. Act. 
Because no one should die for a sandwich kevinmd.com/2025/04/what...
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What Avarie’s death in Rome teaches us about the gaps in food allergy education
Avarie’s death from food-induced anaphylaxis abroad reveals critical systemic failures in allergy education and preparedness, emphasizing the urgent need for widespread, life-saving training and advoc...
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KManter, MD @kmantermd.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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Flying with food allergies: Combating misconceptions and advocating for safety
Passengers with food allergies face systemic barriers and stigma when flying, and urgent changes in airline policies, medical preparedness, and public awareness are needed to ensure their safety and d...
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
She did everything right -read labels carried epi yet died cookie made w/ peanuts NOT listed on label. Need widespread action to be taken to prevent such heartbreaking incidents & consequences www.allergicliving.com/2025/01/09/missing-orla-a-year-after-allergy-tragedy-state-settles-with-grocer/
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Missing Órla a Year After Allergy Tragedy; State Settles with Grocer
A year after dancer Órla’s tragedy due to mislabeled cookies, her family shares their thoughts. Plus, latest on their lawsuit and FDA's probe.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Broken by tragic incident -young student dies after consuming food at school, despite being assured it contained no nuts. Devastating reality of such incidents inform the need to respect the potential severity of food allergies and fatal consequences they can have. people.com/florida-teen...
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Teen Dies After School Allegedly Allows Her to Go to the Drugstore During Severe Nut Allergy Attack: Lawsuit
A Florida teenager, 17, died after being given a dessert containing nuts at school despite having a severe allergy, her father stated in a lawsuit seen by PEOPLE
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Recall Alert: #peanutallergy Orgain voluntarily recalling a single batch of its 30g Protein Organic Plant Based Powder - Chocolate 2.01lb because it may contain undeclared peanut www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A few years ago, a friend told me her 5 year old son's Christmas wish was to ask Santa he not die if he ate a peanut by accident. Insights below are from those living with food allergies, As we celebrate the holidays, remember food allergies do not take vacations. themighty.com/topic/food-a...
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28 Things People With Food Allergies Wish You Knew
"I'm literally just trying to protect my life."
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New air travel + #foodallergy study stats alarm: 70% – promised flight accomms refused; 36% – #airline staff "insensitive" to #foodallergies; only 15% reax got epi at 35K feet! Yet, I also see economic story: FA policies pivotal to travel choice for 78%. www.allergicliving.com/2024/12/18/a...
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Airlines, Allergies Study: Stress, Insensitivity and Big Opportunity
Airlines and allergies study reveals allergy flyers face stress, hostility, broken promises. Yet the upside: a big opportunity for airlines.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Food allergy deaths rare BUT kicker is the mistakes cause them are so ordinary. Personally, I have made some of these very same mistakes as has my child. Because humans are not perfect and we are all human. #bekind www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjpv...
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Tragic food allergy anaphylaxis deaths expose a nation's mistake #shorts
YouTube video by Kevin Pho, MD
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
MadeGood bar recall This is a go to brand for many food allergy families please check if you have any of the affected lots www.newsweek.com/granola-bar-...
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Granola bar recall sparks warning to customers
The granola bars were recalled over concerns that they "may contain a piece of metal."
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
As #foodallergy community reels from five recent deaths a new study reveals passengers with allergies are afraid to reveal them for fear of being kicked off a plane www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2024/12/08/s...
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Study Reveals Severe Food Allergy Sufferers Are Scared of Telling Airlines About Their Condition Because They Might Get Booted Off Flight
Airline passengers with severe and potentially life-threatening food allergies are often too scared to tell gate agents or flight attendants about their condition for fear that they will be booted off...
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I am sad. I am enraged. 5 new food allergy deaths The deaths are rare BUT the kicker is the mistakes that lead to the death are so very ordinary. Personally, I have made some of these same mistakes as has my child. Because humans are not perfect and we are all human. kevinmd.com/2023/06/empa...
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Empathy and awareness: Unveiling the hidden dangers of food allergies [PODCAST]
Join us for an insightful podcast episode as we discuss the critical issue of food allergies and the recent incidents of food-induced anaphylaxis deaths that have deeply impacted the food allergy comm...
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Five new #foodallergy deaths reported in just last 2weeks sadly makes this piece I wrote relevant again Imagine having to be perfect 24/7 💔Food allergy tragedies: the reality that haunts us kevinmd.com/2023/02/food...
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Food allergy tragedies: the reality that haunts us
Three recent deaths from food-induced anaphylaxis highlights the reality and fear of the food allergy community, and the need for raising awareness and providing proper accommodations.
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PsychScienceNYC @psychsciencenyc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Food allergies have no negative impact on school performance www.jaci-global.org/article/S277... Our new study! @nonuttraveler.bsky.social
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Global survey highlights challenges faced by food allergy patients during air travel, with inconsistent accommodations leading to increased anxiety. Common in-flight allergic reactions include tree nuts, peanuts, and milk, with epinephrine used in 15.1% of incidents. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fl...
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Flying with food allergies can bring stress, danger
Airlines don't always honor requests to protect the health of people with food allergies during flights, a new study found.
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Leigh Day @leigh-day.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Idris Qayyum, a peanut allergy sufferer from West London, died after eating a snack at a holiday hotel in Turkey, his family allege. They are represented by Leigh Day solicitor Colin Murphy. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
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Anguished parents reveal how son died after eating nuts on holiday
Idris Qayyum, from west London, suffered a suspected fatal anaphylactic reaction to the cake he ate at a hotel restaurant while in Antalya, Turkey, in June.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
This week alone 2 people told me #anaphylaxis in flight after #flightcrew said meal was #nutfree both needed #epinephrine FDA told me they encourage transparency in labeling #airline meals but it is NOT required -risk vs reward Dont take meal w/ #foodallergy www.allergicliving.com/2023/12/21/t...
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The Trouble with Airline Meals and Food Allergies
We investigate food allergy labels on airline meals and what's required. The FDA's answers have us recommending: don't take that meal.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Many years of #airline #foodallergy advocacy plus partnerships with Dr Ruchi Gupta of CFAAR lead to our study being published in JACI- Please read flying with food allergies brings stress & danger www.abc.net.au/news/health/... @nadabakos.bsky.social @tmprowell.bsky.social
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Flying with food allergies is often 'a game of roulette', survey reveals
Thousands of people with food allergies experience high levels of anxiety when flying, and don't report reactions that happen mid-journey, according to a global survey.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
'Game of roulette': Flying w/ food allergies brings stress, danger Fruits of years of my #airline #foodallergy advocacy plus partnership with Dr Ruchi Gupta and Dr Chris Warren Dr Hugh Sampson Dr Ana Nowak Dr Linda Herbert lead to this study being published in JACI medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12...
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FAACT | Food Allergy @faactnews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Airlines & Transportation We know how difficult it is to travel while managing food allergies. Airlines in the United States lack a consistent policy with respect to food allergies. Visit #FAACT to learn more: buff.ly/3ALeTlj #FoodAllergy #Allergy #AllergyAwareness #FoodAllergyAwareness
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Death is not the only outcome feared for those living with a #foodallergy. So many well-intentioned folks tell me my son needs to learn from his mistakes. The sad truth is that there are no do-overs if you get it wrong with a #nutallergy, only tragic endings. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Graduate sends text to his mum before snack with nuts put him in coma
Louise Cadman, 56, urged her 25-year-old son George Cadman-Ithell to get immediate help after he began feeling unwell.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
A first date- my heart 💔💔💔A tragic reminder to all of us with #foodallergies this thanksgiving holiday to always double check if a dish on a menu is safe -even at a restaurant where you have eaten the dish before. #anaphylaxis #peanutallergy @nadabakos.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/t...
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Restaurant's new recipe cost Texas college student her life, parents say. Now they are on a mission to make changes.
Two Texas parents are on a mission to raise awareness about food allergies after the death of their 23-year-old daughter.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Life celebrations are full of meals. On this day in 2016,Oakley died from #nutallergy #anaphylaxis I wrote about it at the time. His son was a friend of a friend of my son Later, his Dad told me how he felt his son's heart stop. Some details, they never leave you www.huffpost.com/entry/a-chil...
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We Are Not Crazy Food Allergy Parents -- We Are Fighting For Our Kids' Lives
I personally have seen the light start to fade in my son’s eyes as he struggled to breathe upon exposure to peanuts.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The very best advocates for #foodallergy are often born out of tragedy. We owe this family so much for advocating for others who have #foodallergies in spite of their tremendous loss of their beautiful daughter - they have been instrumental in so many changes - www.allergicliving.com/2018/09/28/o...
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Opinion: Anaphylaxis in the Air – What We Learned from Natasha's Allergy Tragedy
Many in the food allergy community have been following the British inquest into the anaphylaxis death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Debunking Airline Nut Allergy Myths or intensifying #foodallergy backlash -I delve into scientific aspects & address the data flaws, assumptions, potential consequences, shedding light on why this can fuel public disdain #nutallergy @nadabakos.bsky.social www.allergicliving.com/2024/10/19/b...
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Busting Airline Nut Allergy Myths – or Upping Allergy Backlash?
An airlines paper by experts asserts there's no need for in-flight allergy PA announcements. Now clickbait headlines are triggering allergy misinformation.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Did you book flights for #thanksgiving? If you have #foodallergies read this: I researched #airline meal allergen labeling & found that meals served on planes are not required to comply with US food labeling law. Why? Find out @nadabakos.bsky.social www.allergicliving.com/2023/12/21/t...
allergicliving.com
The Trouble with Airline Meals and Food Allergies
We investigate food allergy labels on airline meals and what's required. The FDA's answers have us recommending: don't take that meal.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Another #anaphylaxis death reported this week-💔 know #foodallergy fatalities low# but flip side mistake that leads to them ( it only takes 1) is so very ordinary We are all fallible its scary how little has to go wrong for a tragedy to occur #BeKindAlways kevinmd.com/2022/03/food...
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Food allergies are a growing public health concern, not a joke
I have written to both Saturday Night Live and NBC Entertainment. It is my hope that the same networks that serve up food allergy jokes take the time to do segments on the real dangers and challenges ...
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
TBH I have hesitated to use #epinephrine Lump in my throat reading re MD recall child in #anaphylaxis- parent hesitant to administer the EAI Drove to ER but traffic delay , when got to ER, the patient had respiratory arrest & passed away #foodallergy #advocacy www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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At Last, a Nasal Epinephrine Spray
The FDA has fast-tracked approval of the first-in-its-class nasal epinephrine (neffy). It’s a very welcome addition to our anaphylaxis treatment armamentarium, notes Dr Gary Stadtmauer.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I take issue with the data used in a scientific paper that purports to bust myths on flying with peanut/nut allergies. Read what it got wrong & right + potential fallout for #foodallergy travelers:https://www.allergicliving.com/2024/10/19/busting-airline-nut-allergy-myths-or-upping-allergy-backlash/
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
Let's talk about new Mars new campaign "The Hungry Skies" Know that @MarsGlobal targeting #airline #travel to promote its @SNICKERS as snack of choice for global fliers. 🌎U.S. & Australia 1st & 30 countries worldwide #peanutallergy @nadabakos.bsky.social www.allergicliving.com/2024/06/23/n...
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Nuts on Planes: from Jack Fowler's Scare to Flying with Snickers
Inside the strange contrast of Jack Fowler's call for nut allergy accommodation, while ad agency promotes Snickers as the top airline snack.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 19/05/2024
10 yrs of #advocacy& FAA reauthorization FINALLY proactive approach ensuring #airline EMKs address evolving medical needs i.e #foodallergy- no circular on EMK's since 2006-advocate like a #mom www.allergicliving.com/2024/05/16/n... @nadabakos.bsky.social finally some movement!!
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New FAA Act Will Make Airplane Medical Kits Anaphylaxis Ready
The new FAA act requires airplane emergency kits to be anaphylaxis ready. Why this good news should mean kits with epi auto-injectors.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 05/04/2024
You’d think that a condition that can leave a person struggling to breathe, losing blood pressure, covered in hives and vomiting repeatedly would deserve respect. But you’d be WRONG! #foodallergy #peanutallergy #bullying @nadabakos.bsky.social #foodallergy www.allergicliving.com/2024/04/04/o...
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Opinion: The Dark Side of the Relentless Food Allergy 'Humor'
Lianne Mandelbaum on why food allergy humor like the 'Epi Pen Ale' isn't harmless. There are consequences: from bullying to far worse.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
HEADS UP: #traveling w a #foodallergy #vegan #glutenfree ✅Do you know that the ingredient list on #airline meal NOT subject to same strict allergen labeling requirements as packaged food at store. ✅Hear eye opening answers from FDA in my new article #PaxEx www.allergicliving.com/2023/12/21/t...
allergicliving.com
The Trouble with Airline Meals and Food Allergies
We investigate food allergy labels on airline meals and what's required. The FDA's answers have us recommending: don't take that meal.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
URGENT: Airline EMKs Need to Mirror Reality. No guidance EMK's issued by FAA for over 2 Decades & much has changed. Betw 2007 & 2016, In U.S. 377 % increase in severe allergic reactions. Not having auto-injectors on flights risks lives & those lives matter. Will it take an #anaphylaxis death?
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Senators Urge FAA to Act: Get Epi Auto-Injectors onto Flights
3 Senators demand the U.S. regulator require epinephrine auto-injectors in airline medical kits to fix "glaring" flight safety gap.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
Taken off plane on a stretcher ✅My advice is to NOT take that #airline meal with a #foodallergy or #celiac We have NO idea what if ANY is oversight is on meals including US #airlines or are there labeling loopholes? It's a black hole insofar as information www.aviation24.be/airlines/air...
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KLM addresses passenger allergy incident and ensures ongoing investigation
In an unfortunate incident on a KLM flight from San Francisco, United States to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a 32-year-old Dutch woman, Lauren Riethoff,
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 07/12/2023
I AM ENRAGED 😡#bullying continues "Mom says perpetrator tried to get other players to let him practice head-to-head against Carter. He said he wanted to “kick his butt” for speaking out." THIS is truly outrageous. #foodallergy can kill allergicliving.com/2023/12/05/t... @nadabakos.bsky.social
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Texas Football Allergy Incident: Targeted Player Feels Backlash
Student football player Carter was targeted for his peanut allergy. He still faces backlash while the perpetrators got a 2-game suspension.
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Libby 🎃Stink Gourd🎃 @libbystigaard.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
One thing that radicalized me was calling food manufacturers to ask about ingredients that my child has a life threatening allergy to, and being told, "We're not legally required to give you that information." (I'll spare you my rants about "proprietary information" and compromise legislation.)
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Agree -Some people just terrible heartless human beings FYI -12 y/o defaced in poster below is a hostage like many kidnapped he also has a medical condition -severe #peanutallergy no #epipen meds truly fail to understand the purpose of defacing a poster of a child taken as part of a massacre
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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
I have an addition to this as someone with a rare allergy to a VERY common food: lots of people reply "I've never heard of that", and while some mean it with genuine curiosity, enough people mean it like "sounds fake" that it would be better to avoid it. please just ask how to best accommodate.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
Young #football player is STILL being targeted over #peanutallergy. Mom : “my son has faced backlash & retaliation almost daily.” Some students say “why can’t you just get over this?” This 'prank' could have been fatal - no meaningful consequences from school www.allergicliving.com/2023/11/16/t...
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Texas Football Peanut Allergy Incident: Mom on What Happened
A Texas mom is speaking out about the dangerous peanut allergy incident that her son, Carter, a student football player, recently endured.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
MUST be a third rail that isn’t funny for #foodallergy community. No Nut Traveler has initiated email campaign in support of the #peanutallergy student athlete whose locker and belonging were intentionally coated with peanuts by teammates who knew about his severe allergy. Join us: t.co/qo0h30weal
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Grateful to be featured in this piece There is a need for implementation of #airline safety measures to protect vulnerable passengers See #traveltips to mitigate risk of flying w/ #foodallergies. How to file a USDOT complaint & more thepointsguy.com/guide/flying...
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Flying with nut allergies: What to do to ensure a safe flight - The Points Guy
Flying with a nut allergy does take planning and precaution, but experts are pushing to make airlines safer.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Thankfully #foodallergy induced #anaphylaxis death is rare but on flip side the mistake that leads to them (and it only takes one) are often so very ordinary 🧐We are all fallible 😳its scary how little has to go wrong for a tragedy to occur #perspective #empathy www.kevinmd.com/2023/02/food...
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Food allergy tragedies: the reality that haunts us
Three recent deaths from food-induced anaphylaxis highlights the reality and fear of the food allergy community, and the need for raising awareness and providing proper accommodations.
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Lianne Mandelbaum @nonuttraveler.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
I advocated for #autoinjectors in public spaces like #airlines this past weekend -I shared sthe how & why of my #advocacy and the great need for #epinephrine #autoinjectors in public spaces like #airlines -#publichealth #PaxEx #advocatelikeamom #empathy #compassion
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