Fusarium species have long been recognized as a cause of cutaneous infections

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5.3. Other direct health risks
Fusarium species have long been recognized as a cause of cutaneous infections.[94] F. oxysporum can also cause keratitis, an infection of the eye.[95] The percentage of Fusarium involvement in eye infections varies according to geographical location. In some areas, 98% of keratitis is bacterial. In other regions, for example the southern United States, roughly a third of all keratitis cases are fungal, and a third of these are caused by F. oxysporum. These infections are difficult to treat and may result in severe damage to vision or even eye loss.[96]

Most scientific data on the health risks of Agent Green is related to Fusarium oxysporum, because Fusarium has been widely investigated as a contaminant in many crops, foods and feedstuffs. Only very limited research has been done on other agents such as Pleospora, but the comparative lack of data for Pleospora should not be interpreted as an absence of risk. There are indications that Pleospora has an allergenic potential: Pleospora species are listed as potential allergens.[97]

One of UNDCP's own research reports indicates that staff at the Tashkent Institute of Genetics "have already complained of symptoms of dermatitis and respiratory difficulties after exposure to the high concentrations of the fungus."[98] UNDCP officials did not react with alarm for possible impacts on the thousands of farmers and their families who would be exposed to the fungus if it were used in a field. Instead, they merely recommended the acquisition of a safety cabinet to protect the scientists.

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Agent Green: Risks of Using Biological Agents to Eradicate Drug Plants (Sunshine Project Backgrounder #14, September 2005)

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