Fed: Labor pledges $5 million on allergy probe

AAP General News (Australia)
02-02-2006
Fed: Labor pledges $5 million on allergy probe

The federal opposition says if it's elected .. it'll spend five million dollars on
research into the cause of serious food allergies.

KIM BEAZLEY says the research will have a specific focus on peanut allergies .. which
can be fatal.

The Labor leader says the number of children with food allergies in Australia has doubled
in a single generation.

Mr BEAZLEY says 10 per cent of children and two per cent of adults have some kind of
food allergy.

Labor's broad-sweeping health policy blueprint for Australian children will be announced
tomorrow.

AAP RTV dr/szp/gfr/tm/bart

KEYWORD: LABOR PEANUT (MELBOURNE)

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