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Could we have a survivor population - do those suffering occupational nut allergy get out quick before telling anyone? After all, there are plenty of examples where occupational allergy to biological material (tea, coffee, spices, hemp and cotton, grain, salmon and shellfish protein, tulip, freesia, crysanthemun etc.) has been found/claimed, but often only with careful surveying after identifying an index case. Is there any occasion where a survey was conducted to identify a possible allergen in the absence of an occupationally caused index case? Would this be the example with which to demonstrate the appropriateness of such an approach? Paul Illing Occupational Health Toxicologist In message <[log in to unmask] uk>, Jeremy Smith <[log in to unmask]> writes >If they had an allergy and were working with nuts would they not react if >they inhaled 'nut dust'? In the same way that Latex IEg is carried and >inhaled in corn starch powder? > >Jeremy R F Smith >RGN AIIRSM BSc Hons (OHN) >Occupational Health Advisor - Dover Harbour Board > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kate Venables >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: 12 July 2001 16:08 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: occupational nut allergy? > > >Dear list - a paediatric allergist just asked me if people occupationally >exposed to peanuts or other nuts get inhalant allergy from this exposure. I >have not seen a case. Has anyone else? Best wishes - Kate > > >Dr Katherine M Venables MD FRCP FFOM MFPHM >University Lecturer in Occupational Medicine >Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford >Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK >Telephone (direct) (+)1865 227034, (secretary) (+)1865 282677 > > >********************************************************************* >The contents of this email are confidential to the ordinary user of >the email address to which it was sent and may not be copied or >forwarded by anyone else. If you are not the addressee indicated in >this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such >person),you should destroy this message and notify us immediately. >The Dover Harbour Board do not accept legal responsibility for the >accuracy or otherwise of any information contained within this >electronic email (and any attachments) and any views, opinions or >conclusions are that of the originator of the document and are not >endorsed by the Dover Harbour Board. It is the responsibility of the >recipient to ensure that this email is virus free. Please advise >immediately if email correspondence is not accepted by you or your >employer. >********************************************************************* -- Paul Illing