It is a great tragedy, especially for the starving..they found that adding a tablespoon or so of peanut butter to the gruel or whatever they fed starving babies had an absolutely remarkable effect on their survival rate. I find I can personally survive for short periods on peanuts alone, which is important given that I live in a tsunami zone and could be without much food for a while...so to remove that from our food supply...which they essentially have in some places due to people having these allergies..is a great problem. mg