Live Breaking News & Updates on Dalys Gibb

Aflatoxins (AFT) identified as a Group 1 human carcinogen naturally contaminate various types of food and could increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) through dietary intake. Chongqing municipality is located in Southwest China with subtropical monsoon climate which is conducive to AFT contamination in crops. However, the burden of HCC caused by the dietary exposure of the population in Chongqing to AFT has not been quantified. We estimated the burden of HCC in terms of Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) using FDA-iRISK software. Dietary exposure to AFT in three food categories including grain and its products, nuts and seeds, and spices was assessed. The results indicated that the lifetime average daily dose (LADD) of AFT exposure for the population ranged from 2.40 to 8.25 ng/kg bw/day and 9.51 to 15.10 ng/kg bw/day at the mean and heavy (P95) AFT contamination levels, respectively. Among the three food categories, grain and its products contributed most to AFT exposur ....

United States , Republic Of China , Taiwan General , Nigeria General , Republic Of , Yangtze Delta , China General , City Of , United Kingdom , College Park , Tibet Autonomous Region , Ricardo Assuncao , Dalys Gibb , Zhongguo Kexue , Drug Administration , Centers For Disease , R Foundation For Statistical Computing , China National Food Safety Standard , China Standard , Institute For Food Safety , Technological Innovation Center , Panel On Contaminants , Public Health , China National Standardization Management , Tsinghua University Press China , China Health ,