A study, published in the journal JAMA, has concluded that folic acid can help reduce the risk of autism in unborn children by up to 40 percent.
The study looked at expectant mothers who took folic acid supplements during pregnancy in Norway where grains and cereals are not required to be fortified.
Women who took the pills were less
likely to have children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders than
mothers who didn’t take folate supplements.
A Northwest grain handler in the USA has locked workers out of the longshoreman's union following a labour dispute.
Columbia Grain in Portland, locked out longshoremen on May 4, 2013 in
reaction to work slowdowns. Managers and temporary workers have resumed operations and the company doesn't expect the issue to affect grain exports.
Although the farmers in the USA intend to grow a record amount of corn this year, wet spring weather means that only 12 percent of the crop has been planted, according to the USDA.
It gets worse on the nation's biggest corn producing sate, Iowa where just 8 percent of the corn crop is in the ground, down from
62 percent the same time last year. The USDA says it's the slowest
planting pace since 1995 in Iowa, which was socked by a snowstorm last
week.
Although Aflatoxin poisoning is rarely a problem
countries where grains are screened use in
animal feed, in other countries. In other areas of the world where grain marketing
is unregulated, animals and humans have died after ingesting Aflatoxin
from tainted corn.
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