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Economic impact of aflatoxin on health and agriculture

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The direct economic impact of aflatoxin contamination in crops results mainly from a reduction in marketable volume, loss in value in the national markets, inadmissibility or rejection of products by the international market, and losses incurred from livestock disease, consequential morbidity and mortality.
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Answer : contamination in crops results mainly from a reduction in marketable volume

Aflatoxin consumed contributes to the mutagenic , carcinogenic , teratogenic , and immunosuppressive health effects in humans.

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