# Have vegans gone too far?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-vegans-gone-too-far/266275>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-vegans-gone-too-far/266275 "2004-09-27T06:51:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-vegans-gone-too-far/266275/41 "2004-09-29T04:20:58Z")

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Obviously, the Vegans who don’t eat honey are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their conquering Bee Overlords 😛

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-vegans-gone-too-far/266275/42 "2004-09-29T04:38:29Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> NEVER give honey to a child under the age of one, and to be safe, not even until they’re two. Honey has botulism spores, and while child and adult stomachs are acidic enough to kill it, a baby’s isn’t.

Coulda sworn that applied mostly to raw, unprocessed honey. Probably wise to adhere to it anyway, I suppose.

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