WHO's estimates of the burden of disease caused by foodborne chemical toxins

In a translational research article, which will be peer-reviewed after publication in F1000Research, the FERG Task Force on Chemicals in Food (which involved leading researchers from 18 research affiliations in 8 different countries) calculated illnesses, deaths and 'disability adjusted life years' (DALYs) for four chemicals: dioxin, aflatoxin, peanut allergen and cyanide in cassava (a major staple food in the developing world). These chemicals are known to have reproductive/endocrine, cancerous...