Mycotoxins and Public Health

Abstract

This article provides an overview of the public health implications of mycotoxins--including a review of mycotoxin-related diseases documented in humans and animals, recent associations between mycotoxin exposure and carcinogenicity, a catalogue of foodstuffs documented to have been contaminated by mycotoxins, and a description of the distribution of mycotoxins in both the United States and worldwide. The article also advocates that public health professionals utilize recent developments in the field of mycotoxicology to explore associations between these fungal metabolites and acute and chronic disease in humans.

Part of Mycotoxins research · Curated by Lauren Lowenstein, The Biotoxin Lady