Not sure about the cancer aspet of this, but I heard somewhere that one of the reasons posited for the increased instances of peanut allergy in recent years might be that peanut oil is used in many preparations for treating eczema, and that this is somehow sensitising youngsters to peanuts, particularly youngsters who already have an allergy based condition (eczema).
Don't know if there's anything in it. Just something I heard.
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