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A tattoo may give parents of children with food allergies some peace of mind when they send their kids off to school. Yes, a tattoo-but it’s a _1_ one.
SafetyTat sells colorful stick-on labels and wash-off tattoos that _2_ of a nut allergy or provide other important medical information. Michele Welsh, a mother-of-three, _3_ the company about five years ago. The idea came to her after she wrote her cell phone number on her kids，arms with a pen in case they got _4_ while at an amusement park. She then thought of her nephew, who has a _5_ fatal peanut allergy and how much time her sister-in-law had spent in the emergency room with him. What if she could just have a _6_!
Welsh pointed out that caregivers may remember not to give the child a peanut butter cookie, but _7_ they don’t think to look on the packaging of other products. “Sometimes you need something visual to remind others to check the ingredients," she said “And for older kids it’s not as big of a _8_ because they know to check the ingredients themselves, but the little kids are still learning.”
However, some have expressed _9_ that the labels would draw unwanted attention from schoolyard bullies. “A lot of kids do get bullied at school about their food allergies, so some parents
fear that this might give more ammunition to kids,” Kevin McGrath, a spokesperson for the American College of Allergy.
However, he did say that the tattoos “may just be another thing to make parents feel more _10_ when sending their children off to a party or picnic or class trip.
A) separated B) warn C) generally D) negotiated
E) apparently F) established G) challenge H) reminder
I) confident J) concerns K) potentially L) remind
M) temporary N) incentive O) radiant
