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Many people are allergic to tree nuts. I don't know about nut shells, but it seems to me that some nut fragments could still be in the shells. Walnuts have such a convoluted shape that some residual parts would seem likely.

Mary Montgomery
Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

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Subject: walnut shells for dig pits

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As many museums and science centers have done, we have been using walnut shells in our fossil dig pits.  However, it has come to our attention that there could be issues regarding walnut shell allergies. Has anyone encountered any issues using walnut shells?  If so, did you discontinue
using them - what did you replace with?   Or did you continue to use
them and posted signs warning of possible reactions?  

 

--Kim

 

Kim Hunter

Senior Director, Exhibit Development

Orlando Science Center

407/514-2061

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