Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery
Posted by Sharon on 6/29/09
Hi Dr. Thrasher. I AM doing my homework BY asking questions. So, am I understanding this correctly? Hooper's lab tests can detect
the presence of macrocyclic mycotoxins in human fluids and tissues.
They are not deesigned to detect the presence of monocyclic toxins such
as T-2? I hope I am not butchering the scientific understanding too bad. I
really want to get my head around this one. Sharon On 6/29/09, Jack Dwayne Thrasher, Ph.D wrote:
> On 6/28/09, Sharon wrote:
>> Pretty sure on the no T2. Dr. David Miller told me that it hasn't
>> been found in building materials. If I remember correctly, I think
>> Dr. David Straus did, too. Looks like that is what Dr. Thrasher is
>> also saying. People get mixed up. All T2 are tricothecenes, but
>> not all tricothecenes are T2. T2 were the tricothecenes that were
>> weaponized. So, it is not technically correct to say the mycotoxins
>> that were weaponized may be found in building materials. But it is
>> correct to say that the toxins that are known to be produced by
>> some molds that are found in buildings have been weaponized.
>>
>> So the question in my mind is Why, if these molds are known to be
>> found in buildings and they are known to produce these T2 toxins,
>> then why aren't these T2 toxins found in building materials? And
>> what is so special about these T2 toxins that they were the ones
>> chosen to be weaponized?
>>
>> If anyone knows the answer to this, its been bugging me for a long
>> time and I have never been able to get a clear answer.
>>
>> On 6/28/09, Deano wrote:
>>> On 6/28/09, Sharon wrote:
>>>> I have never heard of warnings to not retaliate against
>>>> employees. Is that a standard aspect for a state DOL document?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Also, I am not aware of anyone ever finding T-2 Toxin in
>>>> building materials. Are you? Tricothecenes, yes. T-2, no.
>>>
>>> I have no idea. Some time on PubMed should give you a
>>> reasonable answer.
>
> There are basically two groups of trichothecenes. The monocyclic (T-2
> toxins) and the macrocyclic (e.g satrattoxn, vomitoxin, etc.). Which
> is present depends upon the genus and species of mold. Stachybotrys
> chartarum produces macrocyclic trichothecenes and dollabanes.
> Fusarium species were responsible for the T-2 Toxin that caused
> illness and death of horses and Russian farmers. Hooper, Gray and I
> have found macrocyclic trichothecenes in building materials.
> Macrocyclics have also been reported by others We gave not found T-2
> Toxin.
>
> As I suggested in my post on the Oak Ridge Elementary School, do you
> homework before you ask questions. The answers are in articles on
> pubmed and google. Jack Dwayne Thrasher, Ph.D.
>>>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/27/09, by Sharon.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/27/09, by sharon.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/28/09, by Deano.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/28/09, by Sharon.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/28/09, by Deano.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/28/09, by Sharon.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/29/09, by Deano.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/29/09, by Sharon.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/29/09, by Jack Dwayne Thrasher, Ph.D.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/29/09, by Sharon.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/29/09, by Jack Dwayne Thrasher, Ph.D.
- Re: State Wades Into Oak Ridge Mold Mystery, 6/29/09, by sharon.
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