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Kyle Henninger got an unwelcome surprise last fall when he sent three loads of corn to the mill.
His go-to buyer rejected the grain because it tested too high for aflatoxin â a fungal byproduct that the Lehigh Valley farmer had never faced before.
âThe corn looked as good as the other corn looked,â he said.
Henninger was far from the only Pennsylvania corn grower to deal with aflatoxin in the 2020 crop.
The aspergillus fungus that produces the toxin prefers hot, dry conditions, which prevailed last summer, especially in the central and western parts of the state.
âWe really often just hear of one grower here, another grower here who thinks they might have aflatoxin in any given year,â said Alyssa Collins, a Penn State field crop pathologist. âI think it was kind of unusual that we had a good deal of it this year, and that is almost certainly related to the fact that we had droughty conditions.â
reporter: tonight, attorneys announcing a class-action lawsuit against seattle children s hospital, claiming young patients were infected by aspergillus mold due to negligent maintenance of the air handling system. the hospital acknowledging last month at least 14 patients were sickened by the mold since 2001, including aiden wills, diagnosed with aspergillus fungal infection in january of 2009 after undergoing a procedure. he died two months later. simply put, we failed. reporter: in all, six patients died after becomi ooking back, we should have made the connection sooner. reporter: the hospital has since taken several of its operating rooms out of service after detecting dangerous levels of aspergillus in the air filtration system, causing them osor outsource operations for thousands of patients aspergillu common md found in soil and dust, inhaled by millions every day. for most of us, getting exposed on a issue.basis
morning in a case of international espionage. they are all accused of illegally shipping cutting-edge military technology from houston and sending it to russia through jfk airport. it s believed the computer components ended up in a russian radar and surveillance equipment, even in russian fighter jets as well. health experts are trying to pinpoint the source of an meningitis outbreak which left four dead and dozens ill. all of the victims received steroid injections before becoming ill. 18 of the cases were at a national clinic. public health investigators say this meningitis is caused by common fungus and not spread person to person contact. it appears to be a particular mold known as aspergillus which is present in our environment, it s fairly ubiquitous. we breathe spores in every day and they typically don t make people sick. now, the massachusetts