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New Nothing on CNN yet.
Awaiting confirmation.
New Still nothing on CNN.
But they're updated their Iraq files.

No mention yet.

Still awaiting verification.
New IOL.IE and Guardian.UK via news.google.com
[link|http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=63369148&p=63369854|IOL].

He said a number of letters from Iraq about two R-400 aerial bombs, one which may be filled with a biological agent, and another reporting that hand-written documents on the 1991 disposal of chemical and biological weapons had been found \ufffdare potentially interesting\ufffd and will have to be examined.

But Blix said the letters did not represent \ufffdfull co-operation or a breakthrough.\ufffd


[link|http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,902906,00.html|Guardian]:

He said one letter from Iraq informed inspectors that "they have found an R-400 bomb containing liquid in a site which is known to us at which they did dispose of biological weapons before".

He gave no details, but R-400 aerial bombs can be filled with biological or chemical agents. Among the outstanding issues which Iraq has not answered is providing documentation about the filling of R-400 bombs with aflotoxin.


Etc. HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Thanks. I'm not familiar with aflotoxin.
New Aflatoxins info from FDA
[link|http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap41.html|Here].

One of the most important accounts of aflatoxicosis in humans occurred in more than 150 villages in adjacent districts of two neighboring states in northwest India in the fall of 1974. According to one report of this outbreak, 397 persons were affected and 108 persons died. In this outbreak, contaminated corn was the major dietary constituent, and aflatoxin levels of 0.25 to 15 mg/kg were found. The daily aflatoxin B1 intake was estimated to have been at least 55 ug/kg body weight for an undetermined number of days. The patients experienced high fever, rapid progressive jaundice, edema of the limbs, pain, vomiting, and swollen livers. One investigator reported a peculiar and very notable feature of the outbreak: the appearance of signs of disease in one village population was preceded by a similar disease in domestic dogs, which was usually fatal. Histopathological examination of humans showed extensive bile duct proliferation and periportal fibrosis of the liver together with gastrointestinal hemorrhages. A 10-year follow-up of the Indian outbreak found the survivors fully recovered with no ill effects from the experience.

A second outbreak of aflatoxicosis was reported from Kenya in 1982. There were 20 hospital admissions with a 60% mortality; daily aflatoxin intake was estimated to be at least 38 ug/kg body weight for an undetermined number of days.

In a deliberate suicide attempt, a laboratory worker ingested 12 ug/kg body weight of aflatoxin B1 per day over a 2-day period and 6 months later, 11 ug/kg body weight per day over a 14-day period. Except for transient rash, nausea and headache, there were no ill effects; hence, these levels may serve as possible no-effect levels for aflatoxin B1 in humans. In a 14-year follow-up, a physical examination and blood chemistry, including tests for liver function, were normal.


I assume aflatoxins and aflotoxins are the same thing.

Cheers,
Scott.
New Damn, Ashton.
[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=44516|Here]

grep aflatoxin
New He is a treasure-trove of information, isn't he?
It's a shame that his treasure is, at times, buried under such dense prose. Maybe he should read more [link|http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russell/|Bertie] for inspiration.

"I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true."

:-)

Cheers,
Scott.
New <big grin> I guess you haven't attended a mensa meet
     Saddam "discovers" a bio bomb - (marlowe) - (14)
         What? Are you saying... - (folkert)
         Nothing on CNN yet. - (Brandioch) - (7)
             Still nothing on CNN. - (Brandioch) - (6)
                 IOL.IE and Guardian.UK via news.google.com - (Another Scott) - (5)
                     Thanks. I'm not familiar with aflotoxin. -NT - (Brandioch) - (4)
                         Aflatoxins info from FDA - (Another Scott) - (3)
                             Damn, Ashton. - (Brandioch) - (2)
                                 He is a treasure-trove of information, isn't he? - (Another Scott) - (1)
                                     <big grin> I guess you haven't attended a mensa meet -NT - (dmarker)
         No crow needed here. - (inthane-chan)
         "Okay, you know-it-alls ", my my what a cry - (dmarker) - (3)
             Still waiting for verification of that "liquid". - (Brandioch) - (2)
                 My bet - either rainwater or 'piss' <grin> - (dmarker) - (1)
                     Could be. :) - (Brandioch)

I'm sure I've heard those last 3 lines in an unsavoury movie.
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