Airborne Aflatoxin in the Grain Processing Industries in India
| Autor: | K. Venkaiah, Manisha Rajib Desai, S. K. Ghosh, G. L. Pandya |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Aflatoxin
Food Handling India Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Storage area Zea mays complex mixtures Food handling Respirable dust chemistry.chemical_compound Aflatoxins Air Pollution Occupational Exposure Humans Processing plants Mycotoxin technology industry and agriculture Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental engineering food and beverages Dust Oryza respiratory tract diseases Horticulture chemistry Case-Control Studies Environmental science Edible Grain |
| Zdroj: | American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 58:583-586 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8894 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15428119791012513 |
| Popis: | Airborne aflatoxin generated in rice and maize processing plants was assayed by an indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In the rice mill, levels of airborne aflatoxin were always higher in the respirable dust samples (7 microns) compared with the total dust samples (7 microns). The concentrations of total airborne aflatoxin in the respirable dusts were 26 picogram/m3 and 19 pg/m3, respectively, for the workplace and the storage area of the rice mill, while the concentrations of total dust were 12 pg/m3 for the workplace and 11 pg/m3 for the storage area. Airborne aflatoxin was not detected in control sites of either of the grain processing plants or from the total dust samples obtained from the maize plant. Three sites in the maize processing plant-the elevator (18 pg/m3), the loading/unloading area (800 pg/m3), and the oil mill (816 pg/m3)-showed the presence of airborne aflatoxin only in the respirable dust samples. |
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