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jenbove
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
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USA
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 Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 5:08:34 PM
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MOTHER OF FOUR BECOMES LEADING EXPERT ON ADDITIVES & ALLERGIES
Despite spending most of her life believing food allergies were some kind of psychosomatic fabrication, Robyn O'Brien was forced into acknowledging otherwise when she became the mother of four children with adverse reactions to various foods. Motivated by the desire to better understand how to keep her kids healthy, O'Brien began researching the ever-tangling history of food allergies, synthetic ingredients and the ties between the industrial food complex and the U.S. government. Last year, O'Brien launched what has now become one of the most popular web resources for parents of children with food sensitivities. The fact that major media outlets, such as ABC, CNN and the New York Times, see O'Brien's work as an important news story is no mystery considering one out of every three American children has allergies, asthma, ADHD or autism. Speaking about O'Brien's single-minded research, noted activist Erin Brockovich said of her new friend and colleague "Frankly, I think it takes a little bit of being crazy to make a difference in this world."
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_9671.cfm
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Emily
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Posted - Jan 29 2008 : 11:10:32 AM
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Thanks for sharing! I was one of those kids growing up. I was allergic to processed corn (corn starch, corn syrup, corn gluten, etc). Until you have or your child has an allergy like this I don't think that you realize what all is in our food. And I might add that it was hard on my parents who farm mainly corn and soybeans to know that the product they produce causes major harm to their daughter. Thankfully today as an adult I'm not a sensitive to it but I still have to watch my intake.
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