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Before the year 2000, less than 1% of the U.S. adult population suffered from peanut allergies.

But in the late 90s and early 2000s, that seemed to change.

More stories started popping up about peanut allergies being on the rise.

For example, here's a clip from 1998.

NBC News in depth tonight, new fears about an old childhood favorite, peanuts.

The Department of Transportation will now actually require major airlines to provide peanut-free

buffer zones on request.

Peanut products are in more foods than ever, used as oils and fillers, exposing them more often than the past.

That clip, courtesy of the Vanderbilt News Archive.

So the American Academy of Pediatrics decided to do something.

On August 2, 2000, the AAP issued a policy statement titled,

hypoallergenic infant formulas.

Now, let's first note a couple of things just from that title.

The policy paper was about infant formula.

Second, it was also about a subset of infants who showed adverse reactions to some proteins found within infant formula.

These infants were truly at risk.

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