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)
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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 [1] 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)
[edit] 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)
