1.5 million Americans have a peanut allergy (Weir 4). What actions need to be taken to ensure their safety? How can one be sure they won’t have an accidental reaction to a peanut, and does that involve both ends to work together to prevent it? More precautions should be taken for the health and safety of those with peanut allergies including teaching about allergic reactions to peanut allergies and increased laws involving ingredients. Learning about the process of how the body’s immune system reacts and becomes hypersensitive to the proteins in peanuts, and the causes of anaphylactic shock including death, can encourage precautions to be taken for the health and safety of those with peanut allergies. In “A Plea for my Daughter”, Rebecca King describes the possible reactions her daughter Lydia, with a peanut allergy, may have. “Lydia’s last reaction to nuts may have been itchy lips. Her next could kill her” (King 21). In…show more content… In the article “Bad Nuts”, Katie Lavergne describes her experience with the social limitations this peanut allergy has brought her (Lavergne 28). “At parties, I feel like a pain in the neck because I have to ask who made each food item and what the exact ingredients are” (Lavergne 28). In this quote, Katie expresses her embarrassment in asking questions about the ingredients in food items. She expands upon her feelings and says she has “resorted to not eating at parties unless she is sure nothing contains anything she might react to” (Lavergne 28). Increasing laws involving the displaying of ingredients on food items even at a social level could prevent unnecessary stress, cautiousness, embarrassment, and distrust with others for one’s life that could cause accidental reactions, giving immediate assurance as to what is contained in a certain food item (Lavergne