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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definition
| Aflatoxins: |
A poisonous toxin found in some fungi, such as Aspergillus flavius. Health Note: a) The species flavius usually produce harmful toxins in stored foods such as grains, peanuts and cassava. b) Aflatoxins are a human health concern, both from eating contaminated food products and in breathing certain fungi toxins. c) Aflatoxins have been found to cause liver cancer in laboratory animals and is believed to responsible for cancer in humans. See Endotoxins, Exotoxins, Mycotoxins. |
| Building Sickness from Flooding: |
Like humans, buildings too are succeptable to colds, flu and virus-like conditions. When flooding occurs in buildings, wood and other materials become swollen and saturated. Mitigation Note: a) In fresh water flooding, if building materials and contents are not properly dried out, cleaned and put back to their prior healthy state, unwanted mold and mildew will increase and use wet, damp, moist building materials as their host material. Health Note: b) In gray water and sewage flooding, bacterial elements are able to harbor in sewage saturated building materials. If the building is not professionally decontaminated back to its prior healthy state, bacterial toxins may eventually cause sickness to building occupants, as well as produce other health effects. See Aflatoxins, BRI, Coliforms, Endotoxins, Exotoxins, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Mycotoxins, Sanitization, SBS, Sewage Mitigation. |
| Neurotoxins: |
Toxins from some bacteria and fungi that can be neurologically damaging to humans, resulting in nerve tissue damage. Neurotoxins may cause other long-term health damage. See Aflatoxins, Mycotoxins, Endotoxins, Toxins. |
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