| consumption of fa cai nostoc soup: a potential for bmaa exposure from nostoc cyanobacteria in china? | grown in arid regions of western china the cyanobacterium nostoc flagelliforme--called fa cai in mandarin and fat choy in cantonese--is wild-harvested and used to make soup consumed during new year's celebrations. high prices, up to $125 usd/kg, led to overharvesting in inner mongolia, ningxia, gansu, qinghai, and xinjiang. degradation of arid ecosystems, desertification, and conflicts between nostoc harvesters and mongol herdsmen concerned the chinese environmental authorities, leading to a gov ... | 2009 | 19929731 |