Tag: airborne allergens

Coroner's Court

What We Learned from the Giulia De Simone Inquest: “When She...

She had a known allergy to peanuts and was coping with asthma and celiac disease as well.
Leah Williams

Woman Bought Every Bag of Peanuts on Her Flight When Crew...

Airline left her with no other choice.
Tricia Powell and Son

Woman’s Near-Death Anaphylactic Experience Prompts Petition to Ban Nuts on Flights

Tricia Powell's brush with death is a salient example of why peanuts and tree nuts should be banned from all flights.
Heidi and Grace Morris

Mom Demands Peanut Announcement for Allergic Daughter Before Allowing Plane to...

Don't mess with Heidi Morris' teenage daughter, Grace.
Bethenny Frankel

Plane with Bethenny Aboard Turns Back Because of Her Allergy to...

For the second time in less than a month, media personality Bethenny Frankel is in the news due to her fish allergy.
Speeding Ambulance

11 Year Old Brooklyn Boy Suffers Fatal Anaphylaxis on New Year's...

The smell of cooking fish may have been the trigger for this tragedy.
Em Lee

Em Lee Has a Message for Airlines We Think You Should...

"Having a life-threatening airborne allergy is like boarding a plane and enduring the whole flight with a person holding a loaded gun to your head."
Thomas Cook Airlines

Teen Threatened with Removal from Flight Because of Her Food Allergy

Accommodating the passenger meant the cabin crew would not be able to serve Rosé wine and Magnus cider.
Justin Mathews

Man Dies After Inhaling Walnut Particles from Sandblasting

'He inhaled probably a lot of walnut particles from the walnut blasting compound that was all over there....'

New Cancer Treatment May Prove Effective Against Food Allergies

FDA approved drug reduced reactivity to airborne allergens 80-90% in a single week.