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Re:A Disease Without a Cure Spreads Quietly in the West by atwebb on Friday July 05, 2013 @12:24PM (#5995555)
Do you have any more information about that?

I zest the peels often and enjoy a gin and tonic with lime, would buying organic or from a specific producer help avoid it? The cost should be minimal for these items.

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Re:A Disease Without a Cure Spreads Quietly in the West by gaadd33 on Friday July 05, 2013 @09:23PM (#5997525)
At what dosage are those antifungals effective?

It appears that the highest amount of Tiabendazole found is 0.79mg/kg so I would guess on an individual rind it would be roughly 0.1mg if that. Given dosage amounts seem to be about 25mg/kg/day I would guess it would take an obscene amount of it to cause any sort of bodily reaction. Wouldn't this concern be on par with consuming things that contain deadly things but in ppb or ppt quantities?

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Re:A Disease Without a Cure Spreads Quietly in the West by Alex3917 on Saturday July 06, 2013 @11:06AM (#5999046)
"Wouldn't this concern be on par with consuming things that contain deadly things but in ppb or ppt quantities?"

It's not going to be enough to be toxic to humans. The issue is whether it's either introducing antifungal resistant fungi into your body, or causing fungi already in your body to become antifungal resistant.

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