Don't let yer meat loaf

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
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.....don't even *think* about peanut butter in liquid cyanide)


Good advice. Not only are peanuts famously allergenic, but recent evidence
suggests there is a powerful carcinogen (whose name escapes me at the
moment) in stale peanut dust......and you never know what went into your
peanut butter.

Wolfgang
saving the world.....one toxin at a time.

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
.com...

.....don't even *think* about peanut butter in liquid cyanide)


Good advice. Not only are peanuts famously allergenic, but recent
evidence
suggests there is a powerful carcinogen (whose name escapes me at the
moment) in stale peanut dust......

That would probably be 'Hraughtschytte' (sp). Its an additive in lots of
foods..

--riverman
(on both sides of the pond)

Wolfgang wrote:

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
.com...

.....don't even *think* about peanut butter in liquid cyanide)

Good advice. Not only are peanuts famously allergenic, but recent evidence
suggests there is a powerful carcinogen (whose name escapes me at the
moment) in stale peanut dust......and you never know what went into your
peanut butter.

Aflatoxin. Affects a lot of folks in semi-arid parts of Africa and
India. Essentially no chance that it finds its way into peanut products
in the U.S. and E.U.

http://www.aflatoxin.info/introduction.asp

JR:
Aflatoxin. Affects a lot of folks in semi-arid parts of Africa and
India. Essentially no chance that it finds its way into peanut products
in the U.S. and E.U.

http://www.aflatoxin.info/introduction.asp


Good reference, thanks for posting it.


--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm

but recent evidence
suggests there is a powerful carcinogen (whose name escapes me at the
moment) in stale peanut dust...

I believe you're searching for aflatoxins, which are suspect in some
hepatocarcinoma in animal models and in epidemiologic evidence in Africa and
S.E Asia.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap41.html

Of course, peanuts are not the only source. Corn and tree nuts are also
susceptible to the contamination with Aspergillus flavus and parasiciticus,
which produce the toxins.

Between St. Vitus Dance, and hepatocarcinoma, those opportunistic fungi are
nothing to truffle with.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Darkstar

http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/i...age92kword.htm