Identification of aflatoxin B1 in grain elevator dusts in central Illinois.
Bulk dust samples obtained from grain elevators in the central Illinois area were analyzed for aflatoxin (AFT) content using instrumental two-dimensional high performance thin-layer chromatography (HP-TLC). AFT B1 levels ranged from nondetectable up to 3.5 ppb. This is the first report of AFT occurring in dust in northern grain mills. Long-term exposures of workers to AFT contaminated dust via the respiratory route could pose some hazard.
D016604:Aflatoxin B1; D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis*; D002523:Edible Grain; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D007087:Illinois
D000348:Aflatoxins; D004391:Dust; D016604:Aflatoxin B1