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References
*1: Japan Society for Mycotoxicology, "What Are Mycotoxins…," (September 20, 2018), https://www.jsmyco.org/info/about.html
*2: Aflatoxin B1, gliotoxin, and sterigmatocystin
*3: WHO, "Mycotoxins," Fact sheets (October 2, 2023) https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mycotoxins
*4: Brankica Aleksic et al. "Aerosolization of Mycotoxins after Growth of Toxinogenic Fungi on Wallpaper," Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol.83, Issue 16, e01001-17, 2017.
*5: Luje Curtis et al. "Adverse Health Effects of Indoor Moulds," Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine, vol.14, pp261-274, 2004.
*6: Mariya Kiseleva et al. "Stability of Mycotoxins in Individual Stock and Multi-Analyte Standard Solutions," Toxins, vol.12, Number.94, 2020.
*7: Calculated by Panasonic.
*8: Results after five minutes of exposure.
*9: Results after 48 hours of exposure.
*10: According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classification of mycotoxin carcinogenicity (Vol. 1-123), aflatoxins are categorized in Group 1, indicating carcinogenicity to humans.
*11: Comparison based on LD50 (median lethal dose) values for mycotoxins (Panasonic data).