Charles W. Schmidt

In 2010, Kenyan authorities reported that 2.3 million bags of corn harvested in that country had been contaminated with fungal poisons known as aflatoxins.1 These toxins—which include aflatoxin B1, the most potent naturally occurring liver carcinogen ever identified—are produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus, and they infect corn (maize), nuts, and other ...

Environ Health Perspect. 2013 September; 121(9): A270–A275. Published online 2013 September 1. doi:  10.1289/ehp.121-a270 PMCID: PMC3764082 News | Focus, Agriculture and Farming, Cancer, Children's Health, Climate Change, Food Safety and Regulation, Infectious Disease, International Environmental Health, Laws, Regulations, and Policy, Mold and M ...