The Peanut Allergy Epidemic

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In the early 1990s, a surge of children with severe peanut and food allergies entered schools across Canada, the UK, Australia, and the US, marking a sudden and alarming trend. The number of peanut-allergic children in the US skyrocketed from virtually none to about two million within twenty years, with the total now reaching four million when including adults. This book delves into the origins and causes of this epidemic, tracing its beginnings to the late nineteenth century and highlighting a previous child-specific allergy epidemic. It reveals that early twentieth-century doctors, including a Nobel Prize winner, identified vaccination as a contributing factor to pediatric allergies, affecting up to 50% of children. The text examines over a century of medical literature that discusses how vaccinations can induce allergies to substances present during the injection. It also addresses how changes in US vaccination laws may have triggered the current allergy epidemic. Additionally, the author explores alternative medicines and vaccine safety, making this updated edition essential reading for parents, teachers, and health professionals alike.