(File Photo: Source for Photo: Shown is the Capitol ahead of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s scheduled budget address for the 2022-23 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Canonsburg, PA) According to testimony given yesterday at a Senate Majority Policy Committee public hearing, making preventative supplements available to families could prevent more than 80% of peanut and egg allergies and save taxpayers millions. Senator Camera Bartolotta invited the committee, which is chaired by Senator Dave Argall, to Canonsburg to hear from both allergy advocates and local medical professionals. Census data in 2023 confirms that approximately 1.3 million Pennsylvanians are afflicted with a food allergy.