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School's Failure To Act On Peanut Allergy 'deadly'

WHEN Hamidur Rahman's mother told a teacher her son could not eat peanuts, that should have been enough to prevent his life being put in jeopardy on a school excursion, a coroner has found.

Dust Up

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Asthma Sufferers On Alert

ASTHMA sufferers are being warned of record pollen levels on the Central Coast this spring.

Food Labels To Reveal Allergy-causing Ingredients

Food labels will be required to mention allergy-causing ingredients under a tough new regime being proposed to State and Federal governments. The Australia New Zealand Food Authority has recommended that food labels detail allergenic ingredients, including milk, eggs, fish, nuts and soybean, no m

Do Not Be Out Of Your Tree

LAKE Macquarie residents who know of rhus trees growing wild in the city are asked to alert the council so the trees can be removed as part of the battle being waged on allergy-causing shrubs. Council vegetation control officer Dale Moore said many Lake Macquarie residents appeared to be unaware

Victims Of The Chemical Feast

from Judy Stellato-Pledger, president, Allergy and Environment Sensitivity Support and Research Association. We are pleased that the AMA is officially recognising the relationship between chemical pollutants and human health (The Age, 26/6). Our association was set up in 1982 to support peopl