Estimated fumonisin exposure in Guatemala is greatest in consumers of lowland maize.

Fumonisin mycotoxins contaminate maize worldwide. Analysis of maize samples (n = 396) collected from fields in Guatemala from 2000 to 2003 found that lowland maize (<360 m) had significantly more fumonisin B1 than highland maize (>1200 m). For example, 78% of the lowland samples collected at harvest in 2002 contained >0.