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11/07/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Molds in food supplies are thought to be responsible for thousands of cases of liver cancer, immune suppression in children

Mycotoxins, the toxic substances produced by fungi, are one of the most serious food safety problems that affect staple crops. Aflatoxins, the focus of this research, has been extensively studied and it is responsible for a whopping 90,000 cases of liver cancer annually. For this study, researchers looked into aflatoxins to determine how agricultural research can lead to […]

05/01/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Is it safe to cut the moldy parts off a loaf of bread and eat the rest?

Those of us with depression-era parents or grandparents have been raised to avoid waste at all costs. That makes many of us loathe to throw any kind of food away, even when it starts looking somewhat dodgy. Bread is one of the foods that is most likely to go moldy, because it is often kept […]

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