Dander is dried flecks of skin from animals with fur (cats, dogs, rodents) or feathers (birds) and when it becomes airborne it can cause allergic and asthmatic reactions.
What is animal dander?
Visiting Rome's Pantheon and Vatican City
Anyone who has the opportunity to travel to Italy needs to go to Rome and in particular to the Pantheon and Vatican City. Yes there’s the Colosseum and other fabulous ancient sites and museums to visit but for me these two destinations were unexpectedly off the charts
Traveling to Spain
If you haven't been to southern Spain for a vacation, put it on your bucket list. It's not the food or the scenary that wows you - it's the history, architecture and culture.
AAA Northeast article on traveling with food allergies
Several months ago I had a phone conversation with a freelance writer who was creating an article for AAA Northeast magazine on traveling with food allergies.
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)
Is it me or doesn’t everyone want to know where their food comes from? More and more I find myself wondering about this – especially at the grocery store.
Op-Ed complains about Gluten Free labeling. Bird seed has a label also!
A NY Times editorial complains about food labeling for gluten free. The author obviously doesn't understand food challenges. But we found one unnecessary food allergy label. In bird seed!
Customer drinks too much carbonated water in Italy
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Link between gluten and diabetes
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AAAAI Annual Conference 2020
Beginning in October 2019 we started preparing for our first big conference and were excited to let allergists and immunologists at the AAAAI annual convention know of our service.
Allergies to Food Dye
Last week we received a special order request from a customer who is allergic to red food dye #40. It brought back memories.