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Mouldy Food, Bin Raids and Compost: The Tremor Risk

September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 by Astafar Hossain
Labrador sniffing at an open kitchen compost caddy filled with vegetable peelings and stale bread on a tiled floor

Merck names compost as a source of tremorgenic mycotoxins, and tremors and seizures as what they do. A bin raid is not a stomach-upset story.

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