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Interesting take on it. But let me say, that I am a 30-something Class V peanut allergy (previous history of anaphylaxis with peanut exposure) and get a welt of a hive on my face if my boyfriend kisses me if he had peanut-something for lunch (some 6 hours before), even if he’s eaten other food after. I’m also a living example that peanut protein can be carried in seminal fluid. Luckily, it was not an ingestion reaction I had (though internal and sent me to the ER). Maybe the kiss that poor Canadienne had didn’t cause her death, but others who are severely peanut allergic still need to be cautious, educated, and watch for hidden peanut protein when in physical contact with each other. There are medical studies of peanut protein in saliva, there’s still a risk. There’s a medical journal that published an article of a man who reacted to aspirin that his wife had ingested. There’s personal accounts of reacting to a spouse’s sweat after ingesting peanuts. Peanut protein can be passed in breast milk and other bodily fluids. Look hard enough and you can dispel the myths. Maybe Mythbusters should take this on, eh? Pay a bunch of PA folks to smell peanuts, be in contact with residue, eat food that has been run on shared lines, have physical encounters with significant others who ate peanuts…yeah…that’s it. Then will people believe us that there is a real risk?