Mycotoxicology

Okay, so imagine you go to a party and your mom tells you not to eat any food from the table until she checks it first. She is doing this to make sure the food doesn't have any bad stuff in it that could make you sick.

Now, imagine that the bad stuff in the food is something called mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are like little poisons that can grow on some types of mushrooms, grains, and nuts. They are so small that we can't see them with our eyes, but they can make our food unsafe to eat.

Mycotoxicology is like your mom checking the food at the party, but for scientists. They study mycotoxins and how they can affect our health. They want to make sure we don't get sick from eating contaminated food.

So, mycotoxicology is when scientists study mycotoxins to make sure the food we eat is safe for us. Just like your mom checks the food at a party, scientists check the food before it even gets to the party!