thanks to you both, i honestly didnt know the risk. having been brought
up by parents, who experienced lean times in the 20s and 30s,, i find
it hard to throw anything out.

i remember being suprised when a botanical researcher told me that when
a fruit , an apple for example, has just a small part rotten, then that
rotteness/whatever that is, has already permeated the whole apple and
could be detected as such in a lab.

question then, can i read that rotteness is toxicness, and therefore
also potentially carcengenicl, like the molds we ve been talking
about???