150 children die from food allergies each year, tens of thousands need life saving treatment, and some are so reactive to these foods that a simple touch of someone else who has touched the food will cause severe symptoms. Scientists are trying to figure out why there’s been a sudden rise in childhood food allergies, while many schools are trying to control or eliminate certain foods from their halls. We’ll look at the rise in food allergies and what some are doing to control them.
- Dr. Dean Metcalfe, Chief of the Laboratory of Allergic Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health
- Tamara Leibowitz, Director of the Seacoast Food Allergy Group in Portsmouth
- Dr. Robert Hickey , allergist and pediatrician with Allergy Associates of New Hampshire
- Renee Vannata, parent of a child with food allergies
