Can food with mycotoxins make you sick without eating it?

[Guest guest]

Time and again we hear that the biggest issue with mycotoxins is their

presence in food such as wheat and maize. All kinds of mycotoxins can

be found there: trichothecenes, aflatoxins, zearalenone, ochratoxin ...

I was wondering - has any one of you ever felt the typical mold " hit "

when you only touched wheat or maize (without consuming it)? I mean,

while touching and sniffin at these grains did they ever cause you to

feel the same symptoms as when you are exposed to mold in a moldy

house or to the air from a bad AC unit?

Remember, eating doesn't count.

As for myself, I would have to say it hasn't happened yet. Which is

mightily strange.

-Branislav