South Korea: Toxic green algae detected in rice and Chinese cabbage grown in Nakdong River and Geum River

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Daun = A civic group claimed that cyanobacterial toxic substances were detected in crops such as rice and cabbage grown near the Nakdong and Geum rivers, where green algae grew after the Four Rivers Project. On the morning of the 8th, the Federation of Environmental Movements and others held a press conference at the Hwahwa Tree Hall of the Federation of Environmental Movements in Jongno-gu, Seoul and contained microcystin, a biotoxin produced by cyanobacteria, from rice, radishes and cabbage harvested from farmlands near the middle and lower reaches of the Nakdong River and the lower reaches of the Geum River in November last year. microcystin), etc. were published. Microcystin, one of several toxins from cyanobacteria, is 100 times more toxic than cyanide and is known to cause diseases such as liver disease, gastroenteritis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. As a result, microcystin was detected at 1.3 μg in 1 kg of rice, 1.85 μg in radish, and ...