[Blue Highway]

So did she die from Tomato fumes? It says she died from opening the can when preparing the family's diner. I thought you actually had to ingest something for their to be an allergic reaction to food, or at least some kind of skin contact. Was she bathing in tomato sauce?

[LibWhacker]

So did she die from Tomato fumes?

Sounds like it. Good Lord, talk about being sensitive to something! . . . A molecular dose did her in. Scary.

[knuthom]

I am allergic to coffee. I don't even like going down the coffee aisle in the grocery store and smelling it. But I don't know whether it bothers me because I associate bad things with that smell or if the odor really can make me sick.

[Netizen]

I thought you actually had to ingest something for their to be an allergic reaction to food, or at least some kind of skin contact.

I was thinking along the same lines then remembered the deal with 'peanuts' and some schools banning peanut butter from being brought in lunches. I guess the smell can be enough.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I thought you actually had to ingest something for their to be an allergic reaction to food, or at least some kind of skin contact.

Many of the allergy-causing chemicals are airborne. This is why peanuts and peanut by products can be so dangerous. Of course, there is still "ingestion" but only of a small (but fatal) amount through the nose.