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Deadly food allergies are on the rise among children. The cause isn’t what you might think | Devi Sridhar

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A recent study in the Lancet Public Health journal found that food allergies had doubled between 2008 and 2018 .

Hannah Jacobs died from a severe allergic reaction after drinking a hot chocolate from Costa Coffee .

Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died on a flight after eating a Pret a Manger baguette she had bought at Heathrow .

Hannah suffered from allergies to dairy, fish and eggs, and her mother had asked for soy milk, but the hot chocolate contained cows' milk.