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Advice on nuts faces U-turn
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
4 October 2007
Advice to pregnant women and young children not to eat nuts could be withdrawn by the Government, after experts warned it could be responsible for fuelling a rise in allergies.
The all-party House of Lords science and technology committee said that there was now an allergy 'epidemic' in the UK, coupled with 'a severe shortage' of allergy specialists. The Lords report called for allergy centres to be set up in each region to diagnose and manage the treatment of patients, support their families, train healthcare workers and educate schools, employers and charities about allergy. Centres should also have paediatric allergists to ensure treatment for children and...
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