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Posted on 05/13/2008 2:54:24 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Cornflakes in cereal killer warning
By Rosemary Desmond
May 13, 2008 03:28pm Article from: AAP
CLIMATE change could lead to "killer cornflakes" with the most potent liver toxin ever recorded, an environmental health conference has been told.
The effects of the toxins, known as mycotoxins, have been known since the Middle Ages when rye bread contaminated with ergot fungus was a staple part of the European diet, environmental health researcher Lisa Bricknell of Central Queensland University (CQU) said.
"People started suffering mass hallucinations, manic depression, gangrene, abortions, reduced fertility and painful, convulsive death," Ms Bricknell told the 10th World Congress on Environmental Health in Brisbane today.
"The rye bread, which was known as the staff of life, quickly became known as the sceptre of death."
The damage was done not from a single exposure but from many small doses of the toxins over a long period of time.
Mycotoxins can appear in the food chain as a result of the fungal infection of crops in the field or in storage, either by being eaten directly by humans, or by being used as livestock feed.
The most important group of mycotoxins in Australian maize is aflatoxins.
They could spread when temperature and moisture conditions were right and could affect crops including maize and peanuts and in some milk, dried milk products and some spices, Ms Bricknell said.
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They have to keep up the terror of Climate Change. We say the world was warmer in the Middle Ages....they trot out Ergot.
Keep in mind almost all of their solutions take us backwards to that way of life.
Couldn’t make them worse for me. If I eat popcorn, cereals made with corn flour or corn meal or possibly too much food with cornstarch or “modified cornstarch” (but not corn syrup or I think corn oil) then “my insides become unhappy”<....euphemism. Why share this? Because I’m bitter. I liked popcorn and Coco Puffs. And global warming is bad fiction, why discuss it. How about Star Wars (non-prequals), that’s much better fiction. I think it’s creepy Lucas hinted at romance possiblities between Luke and Leia in the first 2 films when he knew they were brother and sister. Some guy wrote a novel or comic book or something after the first movie about the “children of luke and leia”. Gross.
Drought predisposes corn to aflatoxin contamination. Other summer grains such as pearl millet and sorghum are more drought prone and significantly less susceptible to pre-harvest aflatoxins.
The problem is particularly prevalent and ignored is in much of sub-saharan Africa. Corn is being promoted in regions where it is not well adapted, pushing out the traditional grains (pearl millet and sorghum). Couple the liver problems with hepataitis, AIDS, malnutrition, etc.
I generally keep my opinions to my self in my very liberal New York City office, but I’ve decided to “come out” against Global Warming, since it is really more a question of science than politics, or at least is should be, and I can control the tenor of the debate by stressing the scientific aspects and avoiding the political overtones (forcing others to be the ones to introduce politics if they want to).
The other day I made a comment about how freaking COLD it is in New York so far this May and then I joked about where’s that good ole’ global warming when you need it and a very serious fellow berated me for not understanding that it’s CLIMATE CHANGE, not GLOBAL WARMING.
And boy did I lay into him, and, if I do say so myself, I shut his mouth.
What exactly has “changed”? I asked him. If it’s not warming, then what is it?
What is it that’s different now from what it was, say, a hundred years ago?
He tried feebly to go back to warming and I trounced him with recent NASA measurements that the oceans are actually COOLER.
Then he switched feebly to “hurricanes are stronger” and I pointed out that last hurricane season was MILDER.
Finally, he said in frustration, that I couldn’t deny that there were CHANGES.
Yes, I said. We call it WEATHER.
He want back to work and left me alone. Better for our company that way. I should get a raise.
These idiots never take a break.
***We say the world was warmer in the Middle Ages....they trot out Ergot.***
A scientific magazine several years ago showed where ergot was prevalent, werewolves were also seen, halucinations possibly caused by the Ergot in the grain.
So, Global warming will cause an increase in Werewolf sightings!
DOOMED! DOOMED WE ARE! WOE! WOE!
Could this be a “cereal killer”? ; )
Impressive job so far!!
Somebody oughta tell these idiots that there are already laws regulating aflatoxin in food (at least in the US-—I don’t know about Australia, but I suspect the same is true there), and test methods for grain to see if the amount is below the allowed level. I’m sure this is true for any other mycotoxin with significant health effects. Here’s a clue-—we don’t LIVE in the Middle Ages anymore-—we’ve got better technology and science.
In humans, apiaceous vegetables (carrots, parsnips, celery, parsley, etc.) inhibit cytochrome P-450 1A2, a biotransformation enzyme known to activate several procarcinogens, including aflatoxin B1 (AFB).
If death to the human race is their ultimate goal to solving Global Warming, what’s their point to this constant harping?
Oh yeah, no profit if WE’RE ALL DEAD!
mass hallucinations???? You call THAT bad???? LOL
Exactly, it is all just weather. Natural climate flucuations.
And we don’t eat corn, and we never eat box cereals. There is nothing nutritious in dry cereals. And humans cannot digest corn anyway.
ha ha ha GOOD ONE! I think I will borrow that comment today. Good one!
The horror. We'll be turning into Democrats?
That's all I'll say about this .... because ... I ... forget ... the .... rest.
That's it! I didn't really hear McCain's speach yesterday and become depress! I was having a hallucination from those corn flakes I ate! ...Uh, wait a minute...I didn't eat any corn flakes yestersay...I haven't had any in years...OH NO! It was for real!!!
Global warming made me fat. It caused my gray, thinning hair. It made the dashboard crack on my Pinto. It’s the reason I had to move out of my parents basement at 35. It causes tooth decay. It was responsible for my divorce. It made my dog cough.
Read the labels. There’s corn starch in a lot of products. Of course, if you eat fresh meats and vegetables, and whole grains, you avoid the worst of everything anyway.
It’s the processed stuff that gets packed with “ingredients”.
(I’m no fanatic... I’m just saying...)
There goes my breakfast. Literally.
Those ingredients will get you every time.
Don’t fret. McCain is here to SAVE THE GLOBE!!
I generally try to avoid anything in which the ingredient list says “continued on other side” or the items on the list read like the contents of an advanced chemistry set.
I particularly love the ones in which one of the ingredients gets a sub-list (in parenthesis) of its own.
Perfect.
Ha! I’ve earned the gruging repect of the smarter NYC libs in my office. I dare say I’ve gotten some to rethink their positions.
As I commute on the train right now it’s still cold. I think I’ll go in and state as I often do:
“Everyone’s talking about global warming but nobody’s doing anything about it! Enough talk! Let’s make this global warming happen already!”
This plague is already upon us. Algore and cohorts exhibit the symptoms of having eaten the tainted corn flakes. They are not dieing fast enough, though.
Global Warming is going to turn Tony The Tiger into a killer. Is there nothing that Global Warming won’t cause, or nothing the warmists won’t try to calim it will cause?
Ummm... yeah, Europe is a LOT colder than Texas...or even Iowa. And this plague hit Europe, during Europe’s COLD SPELL. So how, exactly, does this relate to global warming?
Would you feel better if stick figures were running back and fourth?
After my 1 1/2 year old Jack Russel terrier died, the vet had her liver examined and it was found that her liver was destroyed by an AFLOTOXIN. In other words, something moldy that she ate in the back yard. I say it was something moldy from the yard because the other dogs didn’t get sick and they all ate the same dog food.
Sorry about your dog.
Every now and then a high level of aflatoxin-contaminated corn gets into dog food. There seems to be a genetic predisposition for susceptibility.
Diamond pet food recall in 2005 was the most recent incident. There were reports of “dozens” of pet deaths, many with situations similar to yours - some multiple pet owners had only one pet die.
There is a dog food called Canine Caviar which sells a lamb and pearl millet mix. They do not advertise lower aflatoxin levels compared to brands made with corn, but it would be interesting to check.
The answer is to cap-and-trade aflatoxins obviously. /s
“Could this be a “cereal killer”? ; )”
Ha haaa! Good one!
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LSD is a derivitave of ergot.
No, it’s not that serious. Just the big D.
I wish someone would make it simple and give us a list of foods that WON’T kill us. It would be so much easier.
Every now and then I get lucky!
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