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Journal QuackQuack's Journal: Organic Food not always safer than non-organic

Apparantly they are finding unacceptable levels of
fumonisin, a toxin produced by molds that grow on grains in organic cornmeal in the UK. Every sample tested was at least 7X the acceptible limit!

Fumonisin is a known carcinogen, and causes other maladies.

The reason this is a problem for organic corn, is there are no fungicides used.

http://www.techcentralstation.com/110503E.html
http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/moremaize

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