Selected Mycotoxins: Ochratoxins, Trichothecenes, Ergot: Environmental Health Criteria Series No 105

Evaluates the risks to human health posed by the consumption of food contaminated with ochratoxins, trichothecenes, or ergot. Health effects possibly linked to these mycotoxins range from gastrointestinal disturbances and throat irritation to gangrene, nephropathy, and tumours of the renal pelvis and ureters. Evaluations are based on a critical review of well over 700 investigations, many of which were published during the past decade.World Health Organisation Staff is the author of 'Selected Mycotoxins: Ochratoxins, Trichothecenes, Ergot: Environmental Health Criteria Series No 105', published 2008 under ISBN 9789241571050 and ISBN 9241571055.