DENATURING AGENTS

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I am doing a book on human and animal mycotoxin binders that will sell about 200

copies , but find that BUILDING mycotoxin denaturing agents and clothing

denaturing agents have a wide range of opinions from agencies, PE's and PhD's.

*Any research on BUILDING mycotoxin denaturing agents?

The CDC, EPA, NYC and other experts offer different comments and suggestions.

Schaller, MD

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> I am doing a book on human and animal mycotoxin binders that will

sell about 200 copies , but find that BUILDING mycotoxin denaturing

agents and clothing denaturing agents have a wide range of opinions

from agencies, PE's and PhD's.

>

> *Any research on BUILDING mycotoxin denaturing agents?

>

> The CDC, EPA, NYC and other experts offer different comments and

suggestions.

>

> Schaller, MD

These are not studies, but they are the only texts I came across while

searching the Internet about the issue:

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6500465.html

(A patent in which it is argued that a formulation based on hydrogen

peroxide will destroy all mycotoxins produced by Stachybotrys

chartarum below 0,1 ppm. Look towards the end of the text where

the author is mentioning ELISA test as the measurement tool.)

http://www.iaqm-nh.com/pdf_new/Structural_Decon.pdf

(This is the MSDS for a product where the producer claims: " ...is

effective in eliminating Trichothecene Mycotoxins associated as a

chemical toxic byproduct of mold and mold spores. " Again, I see only

hydrogen peroxide here as the potential mycotoxin decomposition

substance.)

and then there's the European mycotoxin awareness site, but it is

specialised for food:

http://www.mycotoxins.org/

Trichothecenes decomposition is towards the end of the text.

I don't know if the substances they propose can be successfully

applied for buildings/clothes decontamination, but I'd give them a try

if I had them.

http://193.132.193.215/eman2/fsheet4_2.asp#top

In my experience hydrogen peroxide does destroy some mycotoxins, but

some are very resistant to it as well.

I'd be most interested in your book Dr. Schaller. Effective mycotoxin

denaturing agents for buildings and clothes is something that is

extremely lacking from scientific literature, and yet so many people

would benefit from them.

-Branislav