Talk:Aflatoxin

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Saddam Hussein is known to have developed and produced Aflatoxin as an economic biological/chemical weapon

Takometer, do you have a reference for this claim? JFW | T@lk  21:08, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

add a new section
hey, i fixed the Iraq part, but i was thinking: is the material contained in the "contamination conditions" section starting to get beyond the scope of that subheading? perhaps we need to think of a new title or possibly split Zvesoulis 21:57, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

The 3D structure of aflatoxin B1 is incorrect. The methoxy group is on the wrong carbon.

history
i think that if historical issues of usage are going to be referenced they cannot be part of its chemical and medical properties and they would better be mentioned seperately, on a new paragraph or a new page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.249.61.130 (talk) 10:09, 9 January 2007 (UTC).

Afaltoxin in Virtually All Peanut Butter
In regards to the missing citation, This is a reference to a study done by Consumer Reports in 1990. I have no access to the magazine and therefore cannot give a citation...but if anyone does, that's where that citation would be located... Grillo7 01:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Intrested in this... 98.24.154.187 (talk) 22:42, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Iraq/history
I've never added or edited before, so I'll leave the info here for someone who knows how. Iraq under Hussein did indeed produce & weaponize aflatoxin. (This was significant because previously aflatoxin had not been considered as a biological weapon.) Research & production began in 1988, and live-fire tests were conducted in 1989 & 1990. During the first PG War, bombs & missile warheads were loaded with aflatoxin & deployed, though obviously never launched. This information was disclosed in 1995 following the defection of Hussein Kemal Hassan to Jordan. According to the declaration, 2200L of concentrated aflatoxin were produced, with 1580L loaded into munitions & the remainder reserved. At the time of disclosure, Iraq claimed to have unilaterally decided to abandon their BW program in 1991 and to have inactivated & destroyed their munitions & stockpiles, but no evidence to support this claim was presented. This information was reported in UNSCOM's October 1995 report to the UN Security Council; I would think that document would still be on the UN website for citation.

There's a different question posed of whether this info belongs on this page. I'd say it belongs somewhere; if that isn't here, then this page needs a link to that somewhere. But, I'm just a newbie; again I'll leave it up to the experts.

Hope this info helps! 192.91.172.42 13:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I have just read the complete report on possible exposure to nerve and biological agents published in the American Journal of Epidemiology by the Naval Health Research Center:

* Oxford Journals * Medicine * American Journal of Epidemiology * Volume 150, Number 5 * Pp. 532-540

There is in fact no evidence at all of illness related to destruction of munitions purported to contain biological weapons agents. The report makes the point early on that the UNSCOM reported the existence of sarin and cyclosarin in munitions that the U.S. Army had previously examined and declared to have no traces of biological or chemical weapon agents. This information is public knowledge and can be retrieved in moments by going to the website for the American Journal of Epidemiology and searching on "aflatoxin iraq", which is what I did. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 18:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Manufacturers
This section makes no sense to me. The article give no info on any practical use of this substance, so why would it ever be manufactured by anyone? I think this should be addressed in the article. Pouru 02:43, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair question, I have updated the section with a possible use. V8rik 17:41, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Note that the assay standard units in which aflatoxins are sold are minute, and that they are prohibitively expensive. It would be impossible to purchase an amount sufficient to poison someone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 18:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Additional information in pets
Recent news headline concerns the presence of aflatoxin in certain pet foods http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/12/19/pet.food.recall/index.html Should this be incorporated into the article? Sire TRM (talk) 01:01, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Contradictory statement in first paragraph vs microbiology section
First paragraph states: Aflatoxins are naturally occurring mycotoxins that are produced by many species of Aspergillus...

Microbiology section states: They are synthesized by only a few Aspergillus species... Sah64 (talk) 00:07, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Readability
any chance of a summary paragraph for those of us who don´t have a PHD in Chemistry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.148.123.64 (talk) 17:07, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Amerocentric
The page only gives US (FDA) action levels. As I understand it, these are something like 10 times HIGHER than EU allowed levels, at least for cereals (cf: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:050:0008:01:EN:HTML) - i.e. 20 micrograms/kg in the US vs. 2 micrograms/kg in the EU. Isn't this a point worth noting, and can we not in any case reduce the US bias of this article?

This is a burning issue in the Balkans right now (Serbia in particular), where a very dry growing season has led to high levels of aflatoxin in animal feed and hence in milk - well over the allowed EU levels, but not over the US level. So they changed the allowed level - easy solution, instant healthy milk! Here is a bit about that, though not sure about the figures they give: http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2013&mm=03&dd=08&nav_id=85055. So WHAT is actually an "allowable" dose..? Markowe (talk) 21:08, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Query
" Favorable conditions include high moisture content (at least 7%) and high temperature. "

Did the author mean 70%? 216.228.28.22 (talk) 19:18, 13 January 2015 (UTC)


 * No. For example A. flavus grows best on corn at 18% moisture content but will not grow below 12%. Other foods require even lower moisture content for safe storage, for example almonds and red chillies. Hevesli (talk) 13:48, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

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Aflatoxin not present in meat?
https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.massey.ac.nz/article/10.1007/BF02544571

I just wanted to point out this study... Do you guys think we should conclude that afflatoxin is not a health risk factor in meat? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urgeblind~enwiki (talk • contribs) 00:21, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Causal relationship through epidemiological studies
“causal relationship between childhood stunting and aflatoxin exposure has yet to be conclusively shown by epidemiological studies”

Epidemiological studies can’t establish causal relationship, perhaps “definitive association” or something similar would be more fitting. 2001:1C05:240A:5100:6C64:20E3:39FA:27D0 (talk) 21:15, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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