Die-hard combustion mindset needs reforming.

jared i agree throw that crap out!! but in the case that it wasnt easily detectable

chris 71 said:

if i remember correctly aflatoxin is a byproduct of a type of mold or fungus that also can grow on cannabis if i am remembering right its what the mold or fungus kinda craps out.
its supposed to glow a green color under a black light.
apparently its this that can make us sick as opposed to the mold or fungus its self it. i wonder if vaping contaminated weed would be worse then smoking in this case (maybe smoking would destroy it more ? ) ..i dont know food for thought ?

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I wasn't aware that it was a problem with cannabis. It seems to be a real issue with raw peanuts, particularly in the developing world. I imagine that it could contaminate weed, though, as you are correct that it derives from a fungi (just googled it for the specific term: mycotoxin). I haven't seen any studies around whether or not it's destroyed by combustion and not vaping. When weed is legal and we get more research, we'll find out i suppose....

R.John.Blake said:

You mean until the FDA says so, right? It's hard to resolve your adherence to skepticism but confidence in FDA edicts which pretty much makes everything else you write harder to decipher.

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Lol. Kinda loses all credibility when the FDA's decisions are being supported...

Jared said:

Well I would hope no one here is smoking moldy weed. If they are, whether to smoke it or vape it should be the least of their worries...

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I have read that white widow is particularily mold-resistant, so for those concerned this may be the strain to seek out. I have a couple of these seeds to turn to if fungus ever becomes an issue in my environment.

samantabha said:

T. Colin Campbell, in his groundbreaking work with aflatoxin (a peanut contaminant), built on the earlier work of Indian researchers, in showing how liver cancer was actually turned on or off depending on the amount of animal protein introduced into the diet along with the toxin.

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I'm pretty sure this toxin is present in all peanuts, from what I have learned arrowhead mills is the only peanut butter mfr to screen for it. It resides under the inner skin so blanched is the way I try to go.

I'm a bit confused here, is there a connection between aflatoxin and animal protein?


The fda really needs to separate food, and drug, regulation into separate agencies imo.

grokit said:

I have read that white widow is particularily mold-resistant, so for those concerned this may be the strain to seek out. I have a couple of these seeds to turn to if fungus ever becomes an issue in my environment.



I'm pretty sure this toxin is present in all peanuts, from what I have learned arrowhead mills is the only peanut butter mfr to screen for it. It resides under the inner skin so blanched is the way I try to go.

I'm a bit confused here, is there a connection between aflatoxin and animal protein?


The fda really needs to separate food, and drug, regulation into separate agencies imo.

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Hi Grokit, I was using the example to illustrate how the FDA should be viewed with some suspicion as the best health authority, since it seems to favor money over research. In regard to my example, the connection isn't a specific one between aflatoxin and animal protein; it's about how animal protein itself can be the single most powerful element in the proliferation of cancer cells. Dr. Campbell used aflatoxin because he was assigned to study liver cancer in the Philippines and the peanut mold was considered the culprit. He was surprised to find that although it was a key condition [for the liver cancer cases he encountered there], it was not the determining condition; that is it had to be present for the cancers to occur, but if it was present it didn't necessarily mean that a cancer would occur. What really mattered was the amount of the protein the subject ingested. Research like this presents an exceptionally strong case against meat consumption. The FDA, as a public health authority, should reflect this research in its recommendations. But it doesn't.