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Stop the plans to add folic acid to flour because of allergies
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86 signatures
What the petition asks
News that folic acid is to be added to flour could be bad news for the future health of children. Folic acid during pregnancy has been linked to food allergies in later childhood. Increased allergies increase the burden on NHS. Some allergies are potentially fatal.
Recent medical research https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aaaai/71566
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949539/
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST-PN-467/POST-PN-467.pdf
Increasing allergies
https://www.allergyuk.org/information-and-advice/statistics
Increasing food allergies in children and death
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/01/why-are-food-allergies-in-children-on-the-rise-and-is-there-anything-parents-can-do-to-protect-them
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5949539/
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/POST-PN-467/POST-PN-467.pdf
Increasing allergies
https://www.allergyuk.org/information-and-advice/statistics
Increasing food allergies in children and death
https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/01/why-are-food-allergies-in-children-on-the-rise-and-is-there-anything-parents-can-do-to-protect-them
Timeline
| 31 Oct 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 Apr 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
86
Status
Closed
Opened
31 Oct 2018
Closed
30 Apr 2019
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