Fumonisin B1: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 219

by International Labour Office, UNEP, World Health Organization

This book evaluates the risks to human and animal health posed by the consumption of maize and maize-based products contaminated with fumonisin B1. This naturally occurring mycotoxin, produced by the mould Fusarium verticillioides, is found in high concentrations throughout the world, and is believed to be the most prevalent and toxic of the fumonisins. Consumption is known to cause two fatal diseases in farm animals. Possible adverse effects on human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9241572191
• ISBN13: 9789241572194
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"